Hi, a little bit of story time. This is a Sempron pre-built pc that we bought at the mall sometime around 2003. It was used from 2003-2013. Had several motherboard and PSU changes. At a certain point.. the floppy drive became obsolete, simply because we did not need it anymore, the drive was disconnected from the mobo as early as 2004 or 2005. The last mobo of the pc died around 2013.. and after that I bought a new pc.
now fast forward to 2022, I suddenly got hold of several diskettes that I'm curious to know the contents.
went to the storage room, and dug up this old pc.
on taking it to the technician, told me that the drive could still reactivate, but I need to find a mobo that supports it.
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note, my main goal is simply to be able to reuse the floppy drive, using this pc case. I have no spare case to transfer the floppy drive into.
Pics of the case and the drive.
put inside spoilers to save space
the case
the floppy drive
how the on / off switch connects to the motherboard.
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Question
any suggestion on what motherboard could I buy that the floppy drive can plug into?
as for other things, I plan to put Windows XP into this pc if it can be revived, so I could play old games that would only work on XP. It will not be used for browsing the internet, as I know XP is unsafe to use for browsing.
thanks for reading.
now fast forward to 2022, I suddenly got hold of several diskettes that I'm curious to know the contents.
went to the storage room, and dug up this old pc.
on taking it to the technician, told me that the drive could still reactivate, but I need to find a mobo that supports it.
__
note, my main goal is simply to be able to reuse the floppy drive, using this pc case. I have no spare case to transfer the floppy drive into.
Pics of the case and the drive.
put inside spoilers to save space
the case
the floppy drive
how the on / off switch connects to the motherboard.
___
Question
any suggestion on what motherboard could I buy that the floppy drive can plug into?
as for other things, I plan to put Windows XP into this pc if it can be revived, so I could play old games that would only work on XP. It will not be used for browsing the internet, as I know XP is unsafe to use for browsing.
thanks for reading.
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