[SOLVED] add 5 1/4 drive

[petercli]

hi,
I have a compaq presario 6000 and want to install a 5 1/4 floppy drive( replacing a DVD player)

I will use this cable : https://www.hawkusa.com/manufacturers/pan-pacific/miscellaneous/f-fdd-2
Do I need to change the BIOS? Any other problems I might encounter?

Thanks, Peter

 

[TerryLaze]

According to the specs it was made with a 1.4Mb floppy so you might have to change the size in the bios to whatever the 5 1/4 one is, but not all bioses needed you to do this.
It should be plug and play and just show up as drive A or B if you still have the 3.5 floppy attached.
The cable you link to is not a standard floppy cable for 3.5" drives though so you should check first if your mobo even has the appropriate port for it.

 

[petercli]

the mobo port, where the 3 1/4 floppy is presently plugged in , seems to have the same number of pins. I will try to plug in the 5 1/4 cable in the port and see what happens!