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P4 1.4GHz Intel Original M/B

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by winex

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My above system with RD RAM of 64x2 MB D850GB original Intel mother board is not accessing floppy drive. I repeatedly installed floppy controller from the mainboard system. Often it says disk not formatted or it won't read at all.
Any solutions please?

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by xpertdragon

Have you checked to make sure your Controller cable is lined up on all 34 pins? Also, that the cable matches up on PINS 1--->34 on the board and on the floppy drive itself? You don't see a solid drive light on the floppy drive do you?

Paul

by winex

All the points refered in Answer 1 are checked and found to be okay including the FDD light when accessing the floppy. I even changed 3 different FDDs to see if something wrong with the drive itself. Suspect MainBoard is defective. Can I get a replacement from Intel as they have a standard warranty of 3 years or so if not a lifetime warranty?

by grump

Maybe you should try a different FDD cable..
Format a diskette and see if the FDD will read and write.

by exp

can you boot from FDD? if not and your settings are correct then contact Intel for warranty replacement. I think they give 3 years warranty on their m/b.

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