[ILUG] OT: hardware problem

[Vincent Cunniffe]

ilug-admin at linux.ie wrote:
> 
> Sorry to post this to the list..
> But i have a small problem:
> 
> I recently bought several bits to upgrade my PC
> includeing a new motherboard.. My problem is with the
> floppy drive. It works on my other PCs but not with
> the new motherboard, i might have connected the cable
> up wrong at first.
> 
> Every time i boot up the light turns on and stays on.
> Could i have blown the floppy controller on the mother
> board?
> Any help would be appreciated.

Sometimes you need to use the cable that came with the motherboard
for the floppy, serial or parallel sockets.

Odd, but true.

So, try both your old cable and the new one that you should have got
with the motherboard.

Regards,

Vin