Floppy Drive

[houlty]

Hello everyone,
Recently i built my first pc and everything but the floppy drive is
working ok.

I have searched through numerous old posts to no avail. Anyway, the
problem is that no disks work in the drive and either a message saying
the floppy disk isn't formatted or one saying insert a disk is
displayed. The floppy disk is detected by the computer and i have
tried different drives and cables. The cables are inserted the right
way round and the light does come on when it is supposed to, as in
during startup and when i try to open the drive through explorer.

I have also tried if it works in dos but it doesnt. Even when a disk
is inserted during startup the drive doesnt seem to find a diskette, i
can hear it looking for it but it never locks into it if you
understand what i mean.

I hope you understand my problem clearly if you need any more info i
can give it to you.

Houlty.

P.s. my computer specs that you may need are:
Gigabyte GA-7VT600 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2800
Windows XP

 

[JAD]

Have you a case that hide the floppy face behind a bezel? If the 'cases' release button is too hard up against the drives button
this problem can occur.

 

[philo]

Hello everyone,
Recently i built my first pc and everything but the floppy drive is
working ok.

I have searched through numerous old posts to no avail. Anyway, the
problem is that no disks work in the drive and either a message saying
the floppy disk isn't formatted or one saying insert a disk is
displayed. The floppy disk is detected by the computer and i have
tried different drives and cables. The cables are inserted the right
way round and the light does come on when it is supposed to, as in
during startup and when i try to open the drive through explorer.

I have also tried if it works in dos but it doesnt. Even when a disk
is inserted during startup the drive doesnt seem to find a diskette, i
can hear it looking for it but it never locks into it if you
understand what i mean.

Is it set right in the bios?

I;ve been know to set a 1.44meg drive as 1.2 by mistake

 

[KW_UK]

why nit try a friends FDD to see if your controller is faulty (unlikely)

alternatively just go and buy a new FDD for about £10, even from pcworld!!!

then if it all works send ur faulty fdd back

 

[Head Hunter]

Sounds like a bad drive to me. If the cable was backward it wouldn't be
detected at all. Stupid question. Is it an old drive you snagged from
another computer? If so, are you sure it isn't old enough to only be a
740KB drive, not a 1.44MB? If you have one, pop in an OLD diskette and see
what happens. If you don't have one, just tape over the corner hole that
isn't the write-protect hole. That will make it 740KB.

I would suggest trying a different drive. Or as KW_UK suggests, just by a
new one. They are cheap enough.

Here's another thought. Is your BIOS setup for "Floppy 3 Mode support"? If
so, turn it off. That was a wierd thing they came up with in the Japanese
market. Allowed you to put 1.2MB on a drive like the 5.25" instead of
1.44MB.

 

[Bob]

Hello everyone,
Recently i built my first pc and everything but the floppy drive is
working ok.

I have searched through numerous old posts to no avail. Anyway, the
problem is that no disks work in the drive and either a message saying
the floppy disk isn't formatted or one saying insert a disk is
displayed. The floppy disk is detected by the computer and i have
tried different drives and cables. The cables are inserted the right
way round and the light does come on when it is supposed to, as in
during startup and when i try to open the drive through explorer.

I have also tried if it works in dos but it doesnt. Even when a disk
is inserted during startup the drive doesnt seem to find a diskette, i
can hear it looking for it but it never locks into it if you
understand what i mean.

I hope you understand my problem clearly if you need any more info i
can give it to you.

Houlty.

P.s. my computer specs that you may need are:
Gigabyte GA-7VT600 Motherboard
AMD Athlon XP 2800
Windows XP

This may sound crazy, but it worked for me. Four different drives on two
computers. Two brands of disks. The same messages as above. I bought
Imation disks, and the problem vanished. Can you try your disks on a
friend's computer?

 

[houlty]

Have you a case that hide the floppy face behind a bezel? If the 'cases' release button is too hard up against the drives button
this problem can occur.

I do have that type of case and it is very likely that that is the
problem, thanks for this response, its the only thing i didnt think
of, i will try it soon and if i dont reply again it'll be working.

Thanks again,
Houlty