Broken floppy

grimbo

i was given a pc but the floppy doesn't work. Can i swap it for the one in an old pc . Is it just a case of taking the broken one out and putting the other one in and thats it, or is there more to it? :beer:

Browntoa

they should just swap over and work

grimbo

Browntoa

Thanks

primeramikey

grimbo wrote:

i was given a pc but the floppy doesn't work. Can i swap it for the one in an old pc . Is it just a case of taking the broken one out and putting the other one in and thats it, or is there more to it? :beer:

agreed with browntoa on this,, but just make sure ya put the cable in the correct way round or else it wont work

L400ras

primeramikey wrote:

agreed with browntoa on this,, but just make sure ya put the cable in the correct way round or else it wont work

or perhaps the cable in the new pc has been installed wrongly???
try turning the ribbon cable( wide and flat) over and turning on to see it that solves it

tomd84

If the light says on when its booting up, the cable is the wrong way round, if there is no light or no sound, it could be unpluged, but if that dont work, just put the one from the old pc in there it should work :-)

Thanks Tom :-)

Wombat

Whatever you do, DON'T change the little power plug round the other way. Only try reversing the large, ribbon cable.

It's amazing how so little a component can fill a kitchen with thick, acrid smoke!!!!!! :rotfl:

Incidentally, if it's a Tiny brand PC you might find that the floppy drive unit is fine but the problem is with the connector on the Motherboard. Some are notorious for their on-board connectors failing. In which case you either need to be very dextrous with a soldering iron or it's a new Motherboard.

grimbo

Thanks everyone

Have swapped the floppys over,

Wombat. I have put the little power plug in the right way there was one one way it would go in (lucky for me)

But it still isn't working, am now trying to turn the ribbon over to see if that works.

grimbo

Alls well, have turned over the ribbon and it is now working. Thanks again everyone