Recent content by arpharazon

I can't believe I didn't think to put the drive in the other computer that's sitting on my kitchen counter. But when I did, it didn't work, then I jostled it a bit, then it worked. So I put it back in the main machine and it worked, then stopped working. Then I found a 3rd FDD I had, put it...

I did try an older drive to no avail, so if I were to have to buy another one, I would want another one with the card readers built in and that's a few more dollars, $20 - $30. So I would want to find some way to make sure it is the drive and not the floppy controller. Again, any way of...

Absolutely. You'll see that kind of suggestion in every forum on FDDs. If the cable is the wrong way, which I tried purposely, the LED will stay green constantly. Also, BIOS will not recognize the drive the way mine does now that it is correct. And it's not as easy as it used to be since the...

This drive is a little over a year old, and rarely, if ever, used. Honestly, I can't remember ever actually using it, but I think I at least tried it at one point early on. I tried another 3.5", an older one, same result. I may try another cable, just to make sure that isn't it, even though...

I've seen dozens of threads on FDD problems, but I haven't seen an exact match for my problem described (or solved). Most ideas point to some kind of mobo problem, which would be weird since nothing else seems to have any problem. Intel mobo/Intel Core2Quad6600 CPU XP x64 3.5" FDD with 7 in 1...

Thanks. I wasn't 100% sure, I know it's never exactly what the drive size is supposed to be. I'm just glad it was such an easy fix (for a change).

Win XPx64 here. Just added the Seagate 1.5TB to my 2 - 500GB Samsungs, I am starting to approach full on #2 with a lot of ripped TV shows from my DVDs. I also had XP showing .99TB after a long format. Under Administrative Tools>Computer Management>Disk Management I right-clicked the drive in...