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MoReBeEr(VB)
10-31-2005, 01:24 PM
I've just finished rebuilding my computer
& everything worked except for my floppy disc cable-ing

with the hard discs the red stripe faces me - everything works
tried this with the floppy - not work
also one end has a couple wires which twist into a different one,
which end do i put it in - motherboard or floppy end, i tried floppy end

computer build info -

old - new
power supply... 230W - 500W with PCI-Express lead
motherboard... old small one - Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9 PCI-Express
processor... Pentium3 866Mhz - AMD Athlon 64 3000
graphics... MX4000 - Winfast PX6600GT
memory... 2x256Mb slow - 2x512Mb Corsair XMS matched pair

new
IDE card (so i can run my 5 hard disks + DVD burner)

remains the same
17" monitor
old case
Hard disks 30, 80, 120, 120, 200Gb
Pioneer single layer DVD burner
floppy drive, mouse, microsoft sidewider2 joystick, etc.
clocker
10-31-2005, 01:38 PM
Try the twisted end at the drive with the red stripe closest the floppy's power connector.
Reverse if needed.
Virtualbody1234
10-31-2005, 01:42 PM
http://www.nullmodem.com/Floppy.htm
clocker
10-31-2005, 01:51 PM
I did not know that floppies were jumpered.
Pretty sophisticated for a device that uses a disk of waxed paper as the storage media.
JunkBarMan
10-31-2005, 05:53 PM
What is this floppy drive you speak of? :lol:
Chewie
11-01-2005, 12:18 AM
The red line (pin1) goes on the other side to an IDE device, so it's to the right when looking at the drive from the front.
Plug the cable's 'flipped' end into the floppy and the other to the mobo.
lynx
11-01-2005, 12:32 AM
I have a floppy drive with no jumpers, and the power connector is above the data connector.

Should I turn the cable round at both ends? :blink:
clocker
11-01-2005, 08:15 AM
I checked out the floppies at work yesterday.
Of the twenty or so I inspected, not one had provision for jumpers.

Just thought I'd mention it.
Virtualbody1234
11-01-2005, 04:28 PM
I checked out the floppies at work yesterday.
Of the twenty or so I inspected, not one had provision for jumpers.

Just thought I'd mention it.
I've seen some floppy drives that have jumpers internally. They can only be accessed by removing the cover.
clocker
11-01-2005, 05:29 PM
I've seen some floppy drives that have jumpers internally. They can only be accessed by removing the cover.
Which presumably voids the warranty.
Very clever, these Asians.
Virtualbody1234
11-01-2005, 06:25 PM
Which presumably voids the warranty.
Very clever, these Asians.
Yeah. They've got every angle taken care of.

The drive I was referring to has a clip-on back. I wonder how they could tell if it was opened? (no sign of any security strips or anything).