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housetrained
My FDD has packed up - the light stays on. Does this mean it's a MB fault or
the FDD itself?
TIA
the FDD itself?
TIA
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Frank McCoy
In alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt "housetrained"
Far more likely the hard-drive.
You *might* try whacking the drive on the side or try taking the drive
out of the bay, *laying* it on one side or even upside down. Sometimes
you can get a failing drive to respond long enough that way to recover
data and get it backed up to a new drive. Sometimes.
FIRST though, I'd try putting a new set of drive-cables on.
Bad connections cause more troubles ....
My FDD has packed up - the light stays on. Does this mean it's a MB fault or
the FDD itself?
TIA
Far more likely the hard-drive.
You *might* try whacking the drive on the side or try taking the drive
out of the bay, *laying* it on one side or even upside down. Sometimes
you can get a failing drive to respond long enough that way to recover
data and get it backed up to a new drive. Sometimes.
FIRST though, I'd try putting a new set of drive-cables on.
Bad connections cause more troubles ....
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Mike
What has the hard drive got to do with the FDD light permanently on ?
This is probably a faulty FDD unless you have had the ribbon cable off and
refitted it the wrong way round, you will be very un-lucky if it is a
motherboard failure.
Mike
This is probably a faulty FDD unless you have had the ribbon cable off and
refitted it the wrong way round, you will be very un-lucky if it is a
motherboard failure.
Mike
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Frank McCoy
Oops.What has the hard drive got to do with the FDD light permanently on ?
Read "HDD" instead of "FDD".
Sorry.
Same thing as with the hard-drive; only cheaper to fix.This is probably a faulty FDD unless you have had the ribbon cable off and
refitted it the wrong way round, you will be very un-lucky if it is a
motherboard failure.
Mike
First thing to check is the cable.
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DevilsPGD
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Make any changes recently? Going from memory, an upside down cable can
sometimes cause that.
My FDD has packed up - the light stays on. Does this mean it's a MB fault or
the FDD itself?
Make any changes recently? Going from memory, an upside down cable can
sometimes cause that.
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Dennis Schmitz
housetrained said:My FDD has packed up - the light stays on. Does this mean it's a MB fault or
the FDD itself?
TIA
Happened to me a couple weeks ago while installing a new HDD. Turns out the
ribbon was reversed on the FDD. Had the red wire of the ribbon closest to
the power connector as you would think it should be. Turned it around and
works perfectly.
Hope it works for you,
Dennis
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housetrained
Thanks for all your help. Checked the cable, replaced with another. Now it
does not read any pre-recorded floppy's. Each one has to be SLOW formatted
and then there is only 1.38mb!!! What is going on????
TIA
does not read any pre-recorded floppy's. Each one has to be SLOW formatted
and then there is only 1.38mb!!! What is going on????
TIA
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housetrained
PLEASE ignore my last stupid post! What a plonker - all is well. Such a long
time ago we all thought FDD were the cats whiskers. Seems centuries ago. How
long 10 years?
Thank again
--
John the West Ham fan
(e-mail address removed)
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time ago we all thought FDD were the cats whiskers. Seems centuries ago. How
long 10 years?
Thank again
--
John the West Ham fan
(e-mail address removed)
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housetrained said:Thanks for all your help. Checked the cable, replaced with another. Now it
does not read any pre-recorded floppy's. Each one has to be SLOW formatted
and then there is only 1.38mb!!! What is going on????
TIA