Floppy Drive

1. Check BIOS settings for the floppy drive.
enabled, correct drive type, not swapped
Make sure that the write protect option is not enabled.
You may need to enable the seek floppy drive switch for a couple of boots to "register" the drive to thesystem.

2. Bad or wrong cable. Or, not seated to MB.
Remember, on most floppy drives pin 1 is on the opposite side as compared to CD and HD drives.
Also, try a different power connector.

3. Bad FDD controller.

4. Driver issue.
While this doesn't address the boot problem, I have seen a few chipsets that will not access the FDD without the proper IDE driver installed.

Chas

Try this:
-check or change your flat cable
-verify red wire to be at pin 1
-power properly inserted (check integrity of cable)
In BIOS:
-FDD controller enabled
-drive A=1.44
-secure IDE&FDD-floppy enabled
-any other options (depends of your BIOS)refering to floppy drive
If still not working I think that your controller(on motherboard) is dead.

I have come across this problem of late on some machine,Why is a good question, But I have found that if you disable your C:in Cmos,(make sure you remember the mode it is at,) Ie, LBA,AUTO,NORMAL,OR MANUAL SETTINGS.Ect

On reboot you will find thefloppy kick in to a boot disk,make sure you set Cmos to boot A: if sucess then reset your harddive to its original setting and away you go.