NEC Floppy???

M

Mike Schubert

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.......
 
S

Sooky Grumper

Mike said:
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.
 
P

Phisherman

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.......


Make sure the RED wire is connected to the side marked "1."
 
M

Mike Schubert

Reverced cable now it will not work..... is this Because the Cable has a
Crossed Cable?
the Cable Came this way......
 
R

Ralph Wade Phillips

Howdy!

Mike Schubert said:
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
 
R

Robert B. Clark

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.

If your drive still doesn't work, it may have been damaged during
installation. Look at it as a learning experience.

Followups set.
 
R

Ralph Mowery

You probably plugged the signal cable in upside-down.
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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