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Started by Mike Schubert
Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:24
NEC Floppy???
Author: Mike Schubert
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:24
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:24
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Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time..... Any suggestions How to Fix this...... it is also not accessible either..... Can I correct this or is the Drive Shot???? I have a 1800+ AMD Athlon and 133Mhz DDR ram and a K7S5A MB version. 3.1 Is there a Bios Update to Correct this problem or is it a Bad Floppy Drive???? AND DONT TELL ME IT IS I JUST BAUGHT THE THING.......
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Will Dormann
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:32
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:32
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Mike Schubert wrote: > Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time..... You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down. -WD
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Sooky Grumper
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:33
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 20:33
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Mike Schubert wrote: > Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time..... > > Any suggestions How to Fix this...... it is also not accessible either..... > > Can I correct this or is the Drive Shot???? > I have a 1800+ AMD Athlon and 133Mhz DDR ram and a K7S5A MB version. 3.1 > > Is there a Bios Update to Correct this problem or is it a Bad Floppy > Drive???? > > AND DONT TELL ME IT IS I JUST BAUGHT THE THING....... > > You connected the cable the wrong way around. -- spammage trappage: replace fishies_ with yahoo
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: philo
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:01
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> > You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down. > I agree...just wanted to mention that if you put a floppy in...it will have to be re-formatted .
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Mike Schubert
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:56
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 22:56
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"Will Dormann" <wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message news:xZJDb.2056$q94.2013@fe1.columbus.rr.com... > Mike Schubert wrote: > > > Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time..... > > > You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down. > > > -WD Uhh Aemmm Tryed that.... then No Signal.... No Drive.....
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Mike Schubert
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:04
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:04
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Reverced cable now it will not work..... is this Because the Cable has a Crossed Cable? the Cable Came this way...... "Mike Schubert" <envirotools@shaw.ca> wrote in message news:HRJDb.725018$6C4.64651@pd7tw1no... > Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time..... > > Any suggestions How to Fix this...... it is also not accessible either..... > > Can I correct this or is the Drive Shot???? > I have a 1800+ AMD Athlon and 133Mhz DDR ram and a K7S5A MB version. 3.1 > > Is there a Bios Update to Correct this problem or is it a Bad Floppy > Drive???? > > AND DONT TELL ME IT IS I JUST BAUGHT THE THING....... > >
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Ralph Wade Phillips
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:22
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 04:22
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Howdy!
"Mike Schubert" <envirotools@shaw.ca> wrote in message
news:G4MDb.732311$9l5.539175@pd7tw2no...
>
> "Will Dormann" <wdormann@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message
> news:xZJDb.2056$q94.2013@fe1.columbus.rr.com...
> > Mike Schubert wrote:
> >
> > > Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time.....
> >
> >
> > You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down.
> >
> >
> > -WD
> Uhh Aemmm Tryed that.... then No Signal.... No Drive.....
Seen that before. The drive is now fried from the signal cable
being on upside down ...
RwP
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Robert B. Clark
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:49
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 16:49
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On Tue, 16 Dec 2003 23:04:00 GMT, "Mike Schubert" <envirotools@shaw.ca>
wrote:
>Reverced cable now it will not work..... is this Because the Cable has a
>Crossed Cable?
>the Cable Came this way......
The crossed section ("twist") is supposed to be there.
The floppy drive must be connected to the data cable AFTER the twist:
MB --------X---FDD
Where MB is the motherboard, FDD is the floppy drive and the "X' denotes
the twist.
Pin 1 on the data cable must be connected to pin 1 on the FDD. The pin 1
side of the cable has a colored stripe; the pin 1 side on the FDD should be
marked. Look for a "1" embossed on the back of the drive, and/or take a
look at the PCB near the data connector.
>"Mike Schubert" <envirotools@shaw.ca> wrote in message
>news:HRJDb.725018$6C4.64651@pd7tw1no...
>> Hey my NEC floppy Drive is staying on all the time.....
>>
>> Is there a Bios Update to Correct this problem or is it a Bad Floppy
>> Drive????
>>
>> AND DONT TELL ME IT IS I JUST BAUGHT THE THING.......
If your drive still doesn't work, it may have been damaged during
installation. Look at it as a learning experience.
Followups set.
--
Robert B. Clark (email ROT13'ed)
Visit ClarkWehyr Enterprises On-Line at http://www.3clarks.com/ClarkWehyr/
Re: NEC Floppy???
Author: Ralph Mowery
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:31
Date: Wed, 17 Dec 2003 22:31
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> > > You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down. > > > > > > > > > -WD > > Uhh Aemmm Tryed that.... then No Signal.... No Drive..... > > Seen that before. The drive is now fried from the signal cable > being on upside down ... > > RwP I have plugged in drives many times with the signal cable wrong and never fried them. One side is all gound and the other side is the signal . If you turn the cable upside down all you do is gound the signal wires from the computer. Should not harm anything. Now if the smaller power cable is reversed , a lot of dammage may hapen.
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