Subj : Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? To : All From : G6JPG-255@255soft.uk Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 19:16:21 Path: eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.o rg!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Subject: Re: Hmmmm, Where is the floppy drive in XP? Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2017 21:08:06 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 64 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="50533736114ad7eb9758e4f30c119e08"; logging-data="15281"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX19XUdVi9tQr+o6YxSGIgFYu" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:YErpklsbpJu+ER2FSs/0lKD6WYA= Xref: feeder.eternal-september.org microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:134536 In message , james@nospam.com writes: >On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 15:57:37 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" > wrote: > >>In message , >>gfretwell@aol.com writes: >>>On Tue, 14 Nov 2017 06:27:43 -0600, james@nospam.com wrote: >>> >>>>I'm not used to having a floppy drive on an XP machine. >>>>I plugged in a NEW floppy drive, which I just got in the mail. I used >>>>that twist cable which I mentioned. (twist on drive end), and connected >>>>the power cable. Everything is plugged in properly. >>>> >>>>I am not seeing the A: drive in My Computer. >>>> >>>>I am not sure where else it should show up. >>>> >>>>I confirmed this drive works by plugging it into the existing cables >>>>connected to the internal floppy drive and it works fine. I read, wrote >>>>and formatted a floppy. >> >>To clarify: your computer already had a floppy drive, and connecting the >>new drive in its place, works. So how are you connecting it when it >>_doesn't_ work, presumably with the (new?) cable-with-a-twist you >>mention? To the same place on the motherboard as the existing one? If >>the existing one has a cable with no twist, which side of the twist are >>you connecting? > >Once again, you are not listening to what I said. >The drive works fine on my WIN98 computer, using the cable inside that >computer. Once again (I think - not sure about last time), you think you said something you didn't. What you said was, "I confirmed this drive works by plugging it into the existing cables connected to the internal floppy drive and it works fine." No mention of that being a different computer! > >It DOES NOT work on my XP computer.\ > >Two entirely different computers! > _Now_ you tell us (-: >>>> >>>>In XP, I went to control panel, hardware, and I can see the floppy >>>>listed. It says it's working fine. [] >>>>The only thing I can think is that maybe that cable is defective??? Does sound possible. Borrowing the cable from the computer on which it works sounds worth trying. (And possibly the drive too, to check combinations of cables and motherboard.) [] >>Does its light flash - on boot? When you try to access it? At any other >>time? > >No > Hmm. Are there volts at the power connector (should be, relative to the black wires, +5V on the red one and +12V on the yellow, IIRR). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf If you believe in telekinesis, raise my right hand --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .