Floppy Disk(s) Fail...

alright, im trying to get this other computer i have up and running so i can have 2 computers online and stuff. i was hookin up all the hardware and everything was good i restarted the computer and now it says "Floppy disk fail (40)" if u can help me out wit this i would be very happy haha. thanx

 

XxPcBxX,

Welcome to the board! First of all, have you checked all cables to make sure that they are secure? Did you remove the floppy cable and reattach it? If you step us through the process, maybe we can offer a solution.

Mike

 

ive checked all cables and have tried reconnecting it. ive done everything i could think of, and it still says it fails so im all out of ideas.

 

You may have the floppy signal cable up side down. The pin one (red) side should be next to the floppy drive motor.

Does your light come on on the floppy drive? Does it stay on all the time?

 

Try what Bill suggests. Do you have another floppy drive to put in? Just to rule out a bad drive.

Mike

 

ive hooked up another floppy drive and its not the floppy. i dont know what signal cable you are talking about, ill look around the drive for 1 though. my floppy light comes on but doesnt stay on and ive also switched the seek thing from A,C to C,A and that doesnt work either. im all out of ideas, thank you for your help tho.

 

Take a look in your BIOS, Standard Settings and see what the BIOS is expecting your [A]Floppy drive to be. If it's not a 1.44MB drive then change it to one.

 

Try resetting defaults

In BIOS by:

Clear NVram - aka - reset defaults - aka reset configuration data

On older systems there may be a jumper or DIP switch ( be sure pwr off!!!! )

 

XxPcBxX

The floppy drive has two cables. One is from the power supply and the other (signal) runs from your motherboard FDC connector to the back of your drive.

 

If your floppy drive light does not stay on, your probably connected correctly. Do make sure that the drive ribbon is secure though.

 

i was able to get the floppy drive to work again with just taking everything out and putting everything back in. but now my HD wont work, i plugged in another HD that i have and it starts up win95 but then i get the blue screen from hell and i can only start in SafeMode. I swear if there is someone out there that can help me get this computer working normal i will be the happiest person in the world. PLEASE HELP ME, and if u have AOL talk to me at XxPcBxX if u are able to help. thank you so much