| Title: | IBM PCs, clones, DOS, etc. |
| Notice: | Intro in 1-11, Windows stuff in NOTED::MSWINDOWS please |
| Moderator: | TARKIN::LIN ND |
| Created: | Tue Jan 03 1995 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 3023 |
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Can anyone help me with an older PC that no longer recognizes the
diskette drive?
Problem: Drive A: diskette no longer works
System: AT&T 386 PC
What happened: My brother-in-law attempted to install a CD-ROM (mitsumi)
and sound card and it has since not been able to see the
diskette drive.
My process: - Swapped the drive and that is not the problem.
- Checked the cables and they are all snug and appear
to be correctly connected.
- Checked the bios settings. Could not get it to
recognize A: or the CD-ROM. Tried every combination as
A: or B: or 1.44mb versus 720kb, etc.
- Removed CD-ROM and sound card. Bios still did not
recognize diskette.
Any suggestions welcome.
Brian
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| 2992.1 | MSDOA::WILLIAMSJ | Fri Apr 18 1997 01:30 | 7 | ||
try removing the CDROM controller card. sounds like a IRQ conflict.
I dont believe the BIOS will recognize the cd controller during setup
but it could be the reason drive a: is no longer recognized. Sometimes
you can enable the floppy drives from your setup menu. Maybe it has
been disabled? Need more info from you.
Jim.
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| 2992.2 | started from scratch... | LANDO::CHEW | Tue Apr 22 1997 13:27 | 9 | |
After removing the CD-ROM and sound card, I tried enabling the diskette
drive from bios. It still did not recognize drive A:...
How do I check if there is an IRQ conflict. I'm so used to W95, I
don't remember much of 3.11!
Thanks,
Brian
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| 2992.3 | JHAXP::DECARTERET | Live mice sit on us | Tue Apr 22 1997 21:20 | 14 | |
Determine if it's a hardware problem first.
Does the light on the drive stay on from power-up indefinitely? If so,
it's a cabling problem. It's most likely reversed or the connector is
shifted on the pins.
Do you hear the drive initialize at the apporpriate time (should be
right before the BIOS finishes and lets the OS start loading)?
Try putting the floppy drive either before or after the twist in the
cable. Some machines want drive A: to be before the twist, some want
it to be after the twist.
Jason
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