I tried different combinations (even though you can tell it's backward right away because the light stays on), but it turns out the P2 board just didn't like them for some reason, and a weird thing was that I had the 5 1/4 and a 3 1/2 on the same FDD cable and win 98 would try to access both at the same time, but only read the 3 1/2??
Anyway, got them working on a P1 board with the onboard FDD controller :)
Back in the day when Floppies were really floppy
barf245 1 year ago
Oooh! I have that exact same model stuck in my no name pc/at clone! Cool!
6364gg2 1 year ago
mine doesn't work :'(
tried it in win 98, just says the 'drive isn't ready' or something. even tried an ISA controller board with it too.
Wonder if it's a windows thing? Gonna try my old 386 mobo to be certain.
sinephase 2 years ago
You could have it plugged in backwards. Try reversing the data ribbon.
133MHzz 2 years ago
I tried different combinations (even though you can tell it's backward right away because the light stays on), but it turns out the P2 board just didn't like them for some reason, and a weird thing was that I had the 5 1/4 and a 3 1/2 on the same FDD cable and win 98 would try to access both at the same time, but only read the 3 1/2??
Anyway, got them working on a P1 board with the onboard FDD controller :)
Thanks for the reply BTW
sinephase 2 years ago
when the light stays on, it is connected backwards... i have a tip if the 3,5" drive works but not the 5,25" drive (light stays on)
try to connect the whole cable the other way round to the controller and turn it at the 3,5" drive... now it should work
i have different 3,5" floppys and i must connect some the other way round because the interfaces from them are turned upside down
Messerschmitt262a2a 2 years ago
whats the difference between a full size 5 1/4 inch and a half size 5 1/4 ? does either one do anything more? or does it just take up less space?
MrGoomba909 2 years ago
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kisapedra 2 years ago
What do you mean? That floppy drive still works fine to this day :-)
133MHzz 2 years ago
oh ok
kisapedra 2 years ago
watch?v=ivrP8pUuFHw
Roetheperfect 2 years ago
I had one of those drives and it even worked with XP but lost it in a move could have ran legacy apps through vista 32. :(
oc5nsli341nforce4 2 years ago
Man computers are so boring now a days with their SSD's and crap!
MN12BIRD 2 years ago 6
@MN12BIRD much rather have a reliable SSD than a fail HDD
barf245 1 year ago
lol looks like a dik going in and out
30GB 3 years ago
Random Access Dick FTW!
133MHzz 3 years ago
@30GB no its a shovel digging holes in the data
nessnes64 1 year ago
i have an 8 inch floppy drive and fixed it today ^_^ works great
funkymunky65 3 years ago 3
Sweet! Glad you got it working man.
SatoshiMatrix1 3 years ago