Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (4344 mails)

["Gil Weber" <gil@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

** Reply to message from Ken Schneider <suse-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> on Thu, 11 Aug
2005 06:55:22 -0400


Hope to be able to get into more diagnosis on my e-Machine video card issues
over the weekend, but I did want to provide update on this other problem with
the same machine.

 
> > More problems.... I tried to swap the floppy drive for another that was
> > supposed to have better access speed, but the new floppy did not work. Could
> > not get 9.3 to recognize it. I have no idea why.
> > 
> > And when I put the original one back in the pooter now that one is not working.
> > When I right click on the floppy icon I notice that under properties/ownership 
> > **nothing** is listed. User is blank and group is blank. How can that be?
> 
> It is very easy to get the cable twisted and put back on backwards. Did
> you try changing the cable around (180 degrees)?


	Yes, just looked. The ribbon cable is on correctly at both the floppy and MB.
Both plugs are keyed and will only go 1 way. 

	So I swapped the ribbon cable just to see if that would make a difference. It
did not. Still no floppy.

	Now, by "...changing the cable around (180 degrees)..." did you actually mean
reversing the connectors so that the one on the MB goes on the floppy and
visa-versa? Could that make a difference???


	I also just realized that when I power-up the pooter the floppy doesn't make
the noise it used to make on power-up (sort of a cross between a roar and a
grinding noise). I think that was the floppy drive doing a quick spin up?? 

	The green light does come on as usual, but the floppy drive itself does not
seem to be responding.

	Gil