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Below are some symptoms of incorrectly-installed floppy drives. Though minor, installing
them incorrectly doesn’t cause severe problems, it may lead your system to freeze or
crash when trying to read and/or write to diskettes.
Symptoms of incorrectly installed floppy drives
Drive is not automatically detected
Usually caused by faulty cables, cables
put in backwards or a bad floppy drive
or motherboard. Try another floppy
drive to verify the problem if the cable is
properly installed or try replacing the
actual cable. Also check to see if the
onboard floppy controller is enabled in
the BIOS setup.
Drive Fail message at bootup
The cable, floppy drive or motherboard
may be faulty. Try another drive or
cable to verify.
Drive does not power on
Check power cable and cabling. Maybe
a bad power supply or drive cable
problem.
Drive activity light is constantly on
Usually signifies that the cable on the
drive is on backwards, which is a
common issue. Reverse the cable at
the floppy drive end and try again.
2.25 – Installing Add-In Cards
Before installing add-in cards, it’s helpful to know if they are fully compatible with your
motherboard. For this reason, we’ve provided the diagrams below, showing the most
common slots that appear on your motherboard. Not all of the slots shown will necessarily
appear on your motherboard, however, there will be combinations of what you see here.
Simply find the appropriate slot for your add-in card and insert the card firmly. Do not force
any add-in cards (or anything else) into any slots if they won’t seat in place. It’s better to try
