I'll take a stab, too. Flip the IDE cable over....

(On the grey IDE cable there should be a red line that denotes the 0 pin
orientation, but it's not always there or correct.)

I've had cables without tabs and floppy drives with open or closed slot
orientations. Flipping the cable over almost always works, never hurts to
try....



"Galen" <galennews@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:%23uRVcWp6FHA.3588@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
> In news:es89aSp6FHA.572@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl,
> Nick Bradbury <nick66191@hotmail.com> had this to say:
>
> My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:
>
>> Hi
>>
>> I am having problems with a Floppy Drive on my PC. On inserting a
>> disk (I know disk is OK) the LED on the drive does not come on, when
>> I try to open a file on the disk the drive LED comes on and stays on,
>> windows displays the hour glass icon but the windows cannot access
>> the floppy disk. I then have to end the program with a message "My
>> Computer is not responding". I have checked Device Manager and there
>> doesn't seem to be a problem with the installation, I have tried to
>> update driver but XP says that the driver is up to date.
>>
>> I have built the PC myself (1st attempt) and all other devices work
>> OK, I have Windows XP Pro installed and all Sevice Packs etc are
>> installed and up to date. If anyone has any suggestions please let me
>> know.
>> Many thanks
>>
>>
>> Nick
>
> I'll take a stab at it... Open your BIOS Setup Utility on boot and disable
> three mode floppy support.
>
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