XP kills floppy drives?

[Guest]

Ok folks I have just installed Windows XP on my ABIT KT7A RAID mobo/system and my ASUS A7V266E RAID mobo/system and upon final OS install reboot..boot up self test showed floppy drive failure both machines a few minutes apart. Nothing I have tried has been able to render them functional again. It is a bit hard to believe that both drives went bad that fast.
Any ideas?

Crucifier

 

[OldBear]

Do you usually have this kind of luck?

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[OldBear]

I am not making fun of you but that is some really heavy coincidence.
I have the same Asus board and it works fine.


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[HonestJhon]

yeah, i have xp installed on a different board, and nothing is wrong.
try a different floppy cable?
try plugging it in different?
i dont think that xp is going to kill your hardware.


-DAvid

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[OldBear]

I think zpyrd is on the right track, that you need to check your ribbon cable to make sure
it is plugged in correctly. Double check the #1 pin on both the board and the floppy. The
#1 pin is in a different location compared to the ide connectors.

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[Guest]

Yeah, already considered that, as well as new cables, but I do appreciate the suggestions.

Thing is, I never disconnected either floppy to start with, just installed new OS.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by Crucifier on 03/10/02 06:44 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[HonestJhon]

are you sure the floppy drives are dead?
did you try them in a different system?
maybe your floppy drive controller is messed up?

-DAvid

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