Floppy drive issues with lanparty

[rpv]

Hi all. The floppy drive is recognised as well as posted under device manager(says the device is functioning properly) as well as my computer..The problem is that when I insert a disk in there windows gives this message"the disk in drive A is not formatted. Do u want to format it now?" It says that with all the disks. The disks work in other computers though...I reinserted the cables but to no avail...any help will be appreciated...

 

[VirtualLarry]

Tried a new drive? 3.5" drives were notorious for going out of alignment depending on the phase of the moon and other such important computer-related factors. Also, try a "cleaning disk", one that uses isopropyl alcohol and a cleaning pad disc material.

 

[Sleepyghost]

My problem is similiar, sort of:
My floppy drive has power, is regonized in bios and in Windows. Device manager says it is functioning properly. But when I insert a disk and try it, it just says "insert disk". Same with all floppys.

I have tried the drive in another computer (another cable) and there it works. I have tried using another cable in this computer and.. it works. I was just about the conclude that the nice floppy cable that came with my dfi is faulty, but then.. At DFI street forum they suggested flipping the cable over, trying it and keep flipping. I tested this and it worked but only once. Unclucky for me I did some cable arrangement after that. Now I can't get it to work, no matter how flipping cracy I go

Anyone having the same problem? Suggestions?

(oh and by flipping I mean turning the cable around, connecting what was in floppy drive to motherboard and vice versa)

-Sleepy

 

[number9]

Originally posted by: Sleepyghost

My problem is similiar, sort of:
My floppy drive has power, is regonized in bios and in Windows. Device manager says it is functioning properly. But when I insert a disk and try it, it just says "insert disk". Same with all floppys.

I have tried the drive in another computer (another cable) and there it works. I have tried using another cable in this computer and.. it works. I was just about the conclude that the nice floppy cable that came with my dfi is faulty, but then.. At DFI street forum they suggested flipping the cable over, trying it and keep flipping. I tested this and it worked but only once. Unclucky for me I did some cable arrangement after that. Now I can't get it to work, no matter how flipping cracy I go

Anyone having the same problem? Suggestions?

(oh and by flipping I mean turning the cable around, connecting what was in floppy drive to motherboard and vice versa)

-Sleepy

I am having the same problem with my new DFI nf4 Ultra-D board.... it drove it me nuts.

I finally filled out an RMA request with newegg....