floppy disk drive is not working on my newly installed computer?

My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.


"Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Hi,
|
| If your Floppy drive light is lit all the time you have
plugged in the
| ribbon cable the wrong way round, reversing it will cure
that little
| problem.
|
| I will assume you have just installed Windows XP on your
new machine, that
| being the case you can give up all hope of your floppy
drive working again,
| I have never had a floppy drive work reliable on any XP
machine I have
| worked on, not even those made by the Likes of DELL or HP
work as 2 friends
| found out over Christmas on there new boxes.
|
| There is a fault with XP's Floppy drivers and older floppy
drives you could
| try a new more upto date floppy drive but to be honest I
would not bother
| and would use a CDRW or similar instead.
|
|
| <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| > hello.
| >
| > i just installed a new computer with AMD chip and a new
| > mother board, etc.
| >
| > anyway, i tried to use an old floppy drive from my
| > windows 98 computer. the first time, i can hear the
| > running sound, however, the drive can\'t read any disk
| > that i inserted.
| >
| > so i changed another floppy drive. it didn\'t work.
| >
| > so i installed the first floppy disk drive on the
| > computer again. this time, the light is on all the time.
| > and when i insert a disk, i can\'t hear any running
sound
| > from the floppy drive.
| >
| > so what is happening? can someone tell me? thanks!
| >
| > i don't know how to read this forum, so if you can send
| > me an email to youngjock4u@yahoo.com, that would be much
| > easier for me, thanks!
|
|

"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
> disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
> Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.
>
>
> "Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> news:HNTGb.5244$tQ6.55576@wards.force9.net...
> |
> |
> | <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> | news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> |
> |

I have noticed over the past months that there is a common thread
with these floppy problems. AMD and PROPRIATORY. Is
this a fact?

Not sure about the link with AMD, but it could be that since
AMD is often part of a budget motherboard, some QC problems
may be involved.


"Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
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|
| "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote
in message
| news:%23Nu$aA8yDHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
|
| > My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
| > disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
| > Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.
| >
| >
| > "Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
| > news:HNTGb.5244$tQ6.55576@wards.force9.net...
| > |
| > |
| > | <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
| > | news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
| > |
| > |
|
|
| I have noticed over the past months that there is a common
thread
| with these floppy problems. AMD and PROPRIATORY. Is
| this a fact?
|

"LMAO"

I use AMD chips and good Motherboards and I have also seen the same Problem
on so called top of the range DELL PC's Using Intel Chip sets were do you
get off saying AMD is Crap.


"Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
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> Not sure about the link with AMD, but it could be that since
> AMD is often part of a budget motherboard, some QC problems
> may be involved.
>
>
> "Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
> news:%23IyjHc8yDHA.3208@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...
> |
> | "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote
> in message
> | news:%23Nu$aA8yDHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> |
> | > My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
> | > disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
> | > Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.
> | >
> | >
> | > "Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> | > news:HNTGb.5244$tQ6.55576@wards.force9.net...
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> | > | news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> | > |
> | > |
> |
> |
> | I have noticed over the past months that there is a common
> thread
> | with these floppy problems. AMD and PROPRIATORY. Is
> | this a fact?
> |
>
>

Hi, Frank - and all.

My last couple of mainboards (from DFI and EPoX) use AMD CPUs, and neither
have had any problems reading my floppy drives. My floppy actually is a
10-year-old combination drive, with both 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" drives in a
single case. I've run it with every version of MS-DOS and Windows in these
10 years, using Intel and even Cyrix (IBM) CPUs. I've been running WinXP
Pro for 2 years and have used the PDC version of Longhorn.

So, all these worries and rumors about incompatibility with various chips
and Windows versions are bogus.

The real problems are likely to be in two areas. The first is the one Paul
mentioned first: simple cable, connector and/or jumper problems.

The second problem area dates back to the beginning of floppy drives:
individual variations between pieces of hardware. Even back in TRS-80 days,
we had problems where my computer could not read floppies written by your
computer - and vice versa. Usually the heads were slightly out of
adjustment on one or both drives. Sometimes the media was bad. Sometimes
the drives were just getting old and worn out.

And sometimes we never did figure it out. :-{

But it's not because of some nefarious scheme to make them stop working.
And it's NOT because either AMD or WinXP are incompatible with floppies!

RC
--
R. C. White, CPA
San Marcos, TX
rc@corridor.net
Microsoft Windows MVP

"Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
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>
> "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> news:%23Nu$aA8yDHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>

> > My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
> > disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
> > Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.
> >
> >
> > "Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> > news:HNTGb.5244$tQ6.55576@wards.force9.net...
> > |
> > |
> > | <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > | news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > |
> > |

>
>
> I have noticed over the past months that there is a common thread
> with these floppy problems. AMD and PROPRIATORY. Is
> this a fact?

Thank You for a quality answer.

> And sometimes we never did figure it out. :-{

I think that this line sums it up the best.

"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, Frank - and all.
>
> My last couple of mainboards (from DFI and EPoX) use AMD CPUs, and neither
> have had any problems reading my floppy drives. My floppy actually is a
> 10-year-old combination drive, with both 5 1/4" and 3 1/2" drives in a
> single case. I've run it with every version of MS-DOS and Windows in

these

> 10 years, using Intel and even Cyrix (IBM) CPUs. I've been running WinXP
> Pro for 2 years and have used the PDC version of Longhorn.
>
> So, all these worries and rumors about incompatibility with various chips
> and Windows versions are bogus.
>
> The real problems are likely to be in two areas. The first is the one

Paul

> mentioned first: simple cable, connector and/or jumper problems.
>
> The second problem area dates back to the beginning of floppy drives:
> individual variations between pieces of hardware. Even back in TRS-80

days,

> we had problems where my computer could not read floppies written by your
> computer - and vice versa. Usually the heads were slightly out of
> adjustment on one or both drives. Sometimes the media was bad. Sometimes
> the drives were just getting old and worn out.
>
>
> But it's not because of some nefarious scheme to make them stop working.
> And it's NOT because either AMD or WinXP are incompatible with floppies!
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message
> news:%23IyjHc8yDHA.3208@tk2msftngp13.phx.gbl...

> >
> > "Jim Macklin" <p51mustang[threeX12]@xxxhotmail.calm> wrote in message
> > news:%23Nu$aA8yDHA.556@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> >

> > > My floppy drive has been reliable and has read every old
> > > disk I've tried. I built the machine a year ago with an
> > > Intel D845GBVL mobo and a new $11 floppy from New Egg.
> > >
> > >
> > > "Paul" <paul@staticx.f9.co.uk> wrote in message
> > > news:HNTGb.5244$tQ6.55576@wards.force9.net...
> > > |
> > > |
> > > | <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > > | news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> > > |
> > > |

> >
> >
> > I have noticed over the past months that there is a common thread
> > with these floppy problems. AMD and PROPRIATORY. Is
> > this a fact?

>
>
>

Happened to me, tried a working drive from another pc.
tried a working cable ditto, still didn't work. Mobo fault.
Took the homebuilt pc back to the shop where I bought
the mobo they swapped it out no arguement.
Does most of the rest of the pc work ok. Your
handywork hasn't screwed the rest of the pc.
I use antistatic straps etc when working on pc's.

Mike

<youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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hello.

i just installed a new computer with AMD chip and a new
mother board, etc.

anyway, i tried to use an old floppy drive from my
windows 98 computer. the first time, i can hear the
running sound, however, the drive can\'t read any disk
that i inserted.

so i changed another floppy drive. it didn\'t work.

so i installed the first floppy disk drive on the
computer again. this time, the light is on all the time.
and when i insert a disk, i can\'t hear any running sound
from the floppy drive.

so what is happening? can someone tell me? thanks!

i don't know how to read this forum, so if you can send
me an email to youngjock4u@yahoo.com, that would be much
easier for me, thanks!

Just wanted to add two things to the comments.
1. I have seen a fairly large amount of comment and criticism of Floppy
Discs/Drives over the past couple of years.
2. I have a 2 year old Dell Dimension with a generic Floppy Drive which I
use fairly frequently to store small files. I HAVE NEVER in that time had a
read/write failure. For the money you pay ther is no better product to have.
CD-R discs can be too easily damaged to be considered a replacement. Jump
Drives/Flash Drives/Thumb Drives, etc, are too expensive to replace them.
Sometimes you just need a small memo pad.

--
Gene K

Mike Lynch wrote:

> Happened to me, tried a working drive from another pc.
> tried a working cable ditto, still didn't work. Mobo fault.
> Took the homebuilt pc back to the shop where I bought
> the mobo they swapped it out no arguement.
> Does most of the rest of the pc work ok. Your
> handywork hasn't screwed the rest of the pc.
> I use antistatic straps etc when working on pc's.
>
> Mike
>
> <youngjock4u@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:03e901c3cb95$be4eb260$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> hello.
>
> i just installed a new computer with AMD chip and a new
> mother board, etc.
>
> anyway, i tried to use an old floppy drive from my
> windows 98 computer. the first time, i can hear the
> running sound, however, the drive can\'t read any disk
> that i inserted.
>
> so i changed another floppy drive. it didn\'t work.
>
> so i installed the first floppy disk drive on the
> computer again. this time, the light is on all the time.
> and when i insert a disk, i can\'t hear any running sound
> from the floppy drive.
>
> so what is happening? can someone tell me? thanks!
>
> i don't know how to read this forum, so if you can send
> me an email to youngjock4u@yahoo.com, that would be much
> easier for me, thanks!