Gil Weber wrote:
** Reply to message from Ken Schneider <suse-list@bout-tyme.net> 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
Floppy drives are not very reliable these days even though they get very little use. Remind us what video is on the e-machine, people swear by them as excellent Linux boxes. Regards Sid. -- Sid Boyce ... Hamradio License G3VBV, Keen licensed Private Pilot Retired IBM/Amdahl Mainframes and Sun/Fujitsu Servers Tech Support Specialist Microsoft Windows Free Zone - Linux used for all Computing Tasks