Re: OT: floppy drives suck (was Re: OT: power supplies suck)

[greg <frog@intertek.net>]

I had the same problem and it turned out to be the cable oddly enough.

Steven Pritchard wrote:

>Well, you know, after that rant, it turned out it wasn't the old power
>supply at all.  There must be a short in the floppy drive.  (Figure
>that one out...)  Both power supplies failed to power up the system or
>light up the tester as long as the floppy was connected...  With
>*everything* else in the box connected, either one worked fine.
>
>Speaking of floppy drives, the one in my box doesn't work...  It looks
>like maybe the floppy controller on my board is toast, since I
>installed a new floppy when I first noticed I was having problems.
>(I think the old floppy was the one piece left from when my box was a
>386SX/16, so I figured I was due for a replacement.)  So, anyone tried
>a USB floppy drive?  Anyone have any other suggestions?  I *very*
>rarely need a floppy, but when I do, it's a major pain not having
>one...  Since there's no floppy on my laptop, a USB drive might be
>handy there too...
>
>Steve
>  
>



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