These are some symptoms that may be caused by the floppy drive. Other components may also cause these same symptoms, check the general diagnosis page for more information. |
Symptom | Check
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Indicator light never goes on | - Check that the power connector is properly and securely connected.
- Check that the interface cable to properly and securely connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
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Indicator light never goes off | - The interface cable may be reversed. Check the connection to the drive and to the motherboard.
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Drive type mismatch during boot | - Check for proper configuration in CMOS.
- The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
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"Invalid media" or "Track 00 bad" error when formatting | - The floppy disk may be defective.
- The drive may not be properly configured in CMOS.
- You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
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The same directory is displayed for different diskettes | - Refresh the view.
- Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
- Check that the interface cable to properly and securely connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
- The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
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"Drive not ready" error | - There is no disk in the floppy drive.
- Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
- The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
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"General failure" error | - The disk in the drive is not formatted.
- You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
- The drive is out of alignment.
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"Sector not found" error | - The drive is out of alignment.
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