dead floppy drive?!

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

i have never used the floppy drive that came w/ my case....until i tried using it just now to update the BIOS.

I am wondering if the thing is dead or what.

the gree read light is always on....from boot on...the light stays on.....it is getting power. i have tired 3 different floppy drive cables....they were plugged in correctly.

windows recognized the drive...but if i try to acces a disk/format one...it says there is no floppy disk in the drive/please insert a disk into drive a:

could it be dead or is it something else?

-TriX

[Big_Tex]

try to flip the cable around from how u have it now.This is a common problem cable just needs to be fliped over the other way.

[CrashOveride]

i do that all the time (the cable thing). i hate floppies anyways.

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

ive tried flipping the cable around on all 3 of the cables that i tried. it still doesnt work.

[Big_Tex]

r u using a cable with the twist in it?it looks like the cable is twisted around backwards just a ques i had. i really dont know then i always just flip mine around then it works right.

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

yeah the cables do have the little twists in them.

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

just making sure....but the end of the cable w/ the twist goes into the floppy drive....right?

[stool]

Right, but that end still has to be installed correctly. Almost all the time, that end of the cable is reversed when the floppy light stays on all the time.

[-=TriX-R4-KidS=]

alright....ill double check.

thanks