A follow-on to the thread - mainly for inclusion in the archive I got a 'Patriot' system from PCWorld - Mainly because it's ASUS board offers lots of boot options, the case has 4 external 5ΒΌ slots, and room for an extra fan
No floppy with the system so I got a cable and drive from an old system (Circa win95 ) The @__+)_(**^% thing would not recognise the floppy properly - floppy fail (80) and (40) Nothing wrong with the cable or drive - they work in my W2K system Eventually, a pack of bits for other systems arrived, including a new floppy and cable Fitted them - and the system recognises the floppy properly ! Fitted the old floppy - and that now works ! fitted the old cable - and back to the Floppy fail - So it seems that the new system doesn't like the old cable - either because it's old?, or because it's a dual drive cable ! JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gaffer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, September 24, 2005 2:11 PM Subject: Re: FDDs > Hi Jim, > > In general I have found that M/B that appear to support only one > floppy are supplied with a cable that has only two connectors. I > have on occasions used a cable with three connectors with these > boards, and had dual floppy support, even though only one shows up in > the bios. I suspect that the cost saving is simply down to a > shorter cable and one less connector !! > > HTH. > > > If the MSI M/B can only support one FDD, I will likely go > > elsewhere, but MSI hasn't given me reliable information yet, so I > > ask here. Supporting only one FDD doesn't seem to make sense. The > > mfg would have to go to unnecessary effort to disable one FDD. > > Seems odd. > > > > Jim > > > > > > Jim Green > > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://users.sisna.com/jmgreen > > -- > Best Regards: > Derrick. > Pontefract Linux Users Group. > > -- > ---------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is your picture included in the Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page? > http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html > If not, write to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
