On Monday 15 May 2006 02:14, Alex Mandel wrote: > I suspect my IDE controller is FUBAR. Ah, well. > > >Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the floppy drive connects by > >something other (and older) than IDE. > > > > > > > > > >Enjoy > > > >--Ken Bloom > > You are very correct, the floppy does not connect to the IDE > controller unless its something funny like a Superdisk drive. > maybe a dumpster dive is in order for another floppy drive I'll check > my stash.
I also asked someone who does hardware a bit more, and he suggested that you should check your cables, to try reseating them, and to try replacing them to see if that helps. If it doesn't, then start looking at the motherboard and the IDE controller. --Ken -- I usually have a GPG digital signature included as an attachment. See http://www.gnupg.org/ for info about these digital signatures.
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