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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) -- Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
did you set the floppy to enable in the bios?
If it is listed in the device manager uninstall it turn the power supply off then on then do a reboot. "Doug Warner" wrote in message ... Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) -- Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
Doug Warner wrote:
Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. Yep, one of the classic symptoms that means only one thing. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Yeah, I've never seen it cause a permanent problem. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? Never seen that happen. If so, does Asus repair their boards, Nope. or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) You could just return it as defective, dont mention that you reversed the cable. Only a little dubious morally, it shouldnt have killed it. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
Doug Warner wrote: I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Typically: Drive light continuously on = cable connected backward Drive light turns on and off but disks can't be read = drive is plugged into to wrong connector on cable. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) Floppy signals are supposed to be open collector, meaning it should be impossible to damage anything by tying 2 outputs to one another, such as by connecting a cable backward. But static discharge is another matter. If the floppy controller is damaged, check Ebay or independent computer shops for PCI floppy controllers. I don't believe these are plug & play, so you'll likely have to deactivate the motherboard's own controller through the BIOS setup, along with any other functions the PCI card has that haven't been deactivated. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
Doug Warner wrote: I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Typically: Drive light continuously on = cable connected backward Drive light turns on and off but disks can't be read = drive is plugged into to wrong connector on cable. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) Floppy signals are supposed to be open collector, meaning it should be impossible to damage anything by tying 2 outputs to one another, such as by connecting a cable backward. But static discharge is another matter. If the floppy controller is damaged, check Ebay or independent computer shops for PCI floppy controllers. I don't believe these are plug & play, so you'll likely have to deactivate the motherboard's own controller through the BIOS setup, along with any other functions the PCI card has that haven't been deactivated. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
Doug Warner wrote:
Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Make a new disk, if you put a disk in with the cable the wrong way around I've found it often gets eaten. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) -- Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
I would say that your mother is bad, I have the same trouble with mine.
I have an Asus A7V rev 1.02 and the floppy doesn't work either. Access light comes on runs and then gives me an error,"install disk".did everything I know to do but nada,she's a not work. so I give up and if you need to use floppy drive,get a usb floppy,works ok. spodosaurus wrote: Doug Warner wrote: Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Make a new disk, if you put a disk in with the cable the wrong way around I've found it often gets eaten. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) -- Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
-- ---AVG Certified Virus-Free--- "mackenoly" wrote in message oups.com... I would say that your mother is bad, I have the same trouble with mine. I have an Asus A7V rev 1.02 and the floppy doesn't work either. Access light comes on runs and then gives me an error,"install disk".did everything I know to do but nada,she's a not work. so I give up and if you need to use floppy drive,get a usb floppy,works ok. spodosaurus wrote: Doug Warner wrote: Built my first new system in 4 years with an Asus P5B Deluxe.. The only thing that didn't work out was that I had the diskette drive cable upside-down at the drive. The symptom was that the drive was not ready, and the activity LED was on all the time. No problem, in my support work and personal experience, I've seen this issue many times, and it always works when the cable is flipped back. Not this time.. Boot attempt: = "Disk I/O error, replace the disk, press any key.." Write attempt: = (From Asus CD boot) = Error reading from driver A: DOS area: Drive not ready.: Format A: /U = It steps through 100%, then:" Critical error during DOS disk access. DOS Driver error 0B Description: Read fault. Program terminated" The drive light turns on when it's being accessed, and the diskette motor spins.. I tried a different cable, and a known-good drive. The twist section of the cable is at the drive end, and the twist (and pin 1) are on the power connector side. Make a new disk, if you put a disk in with the cable the wrong way around I've found it often gets eaten. Is the floppy interface on newer boards so delicate that it can't stand a cable reversal? If so, does Asus repair their boards, or am I out $250? (Purchased at Fry's) -- Email reply: please remove one letter from each side of "@" Spammers are Scammers. Exterminate them. -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ Just to cover all of your bases, re-check the floppy's power connection for proper orientation/bent pins. I just experienced your symptoms here with my new build. Somehow I managed to mangle pin 4. Straightened and re-connected. Now all is OK. |
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Flipped floppy cable on new Asus P5B.. Did I kill it?
mackenoly wrote:
I would say that your mother is bad, I have the same trouble with mine. We've had our differences, but I'd not really describe her as 'bad'. I certainly didn't turn out to be a career criminal or a banker (trying to think of a second not well liked career that wouldn't offend a family member can be tedious). -- spammage trappage: remove the underscores to reply I'm going to die rather sooner than I'd like. I tried to protect my neighbours from crime, and became the victim of it. Complications in hospital following this resulted in a serious illness. I now need a bone marrow transplant. Many people around the world are waiting for a marrow transplant, too. Please volunteer to be a marrow donor: http://www.abmdr.org.au/ http://www.marrow.org/ |
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