my Floppy drive is not working in my computer?

Question

i have purchased a new computer,its configuration is as follows processor-AMD, mother board-Giga byte, hard disk -80gb seagate and it is having cd (r) -52x, floppy-1.44 sony make. i have checked the floppy drive in other computers it is working fine, but in this computer it is not working. i have also checked the IDE cables and floppy disks also. In that computer i have loaded win2000 OS. is this the problem of either OS security setting or the M.board defect. pls let me know the answer.

Answer 1

If the floppy's data light is steady then the cable is turned around backwards. If its not that simple then try changing the cable out, its not that rare for a cable to fail. If that doesnt help check your BIOS (on start up hit F1 or F2 or most commonly Delete). If none of that helps and your sure the drive works on other computers, then its most likely the motherbored. I hope something helps. have a good one.

Answer 2

Check out in the device manager the floppy drive controller is
available if not.Chk the cable & pins in the motherboard such that all the pins are intact.If still the problem exists take to the vendor.

Answer 3

Kindly go to BIOS and go to options and enable Floppy Disk 3 1/4 Inch, and restart your computer u can see floppy drive icon in My computer.

First check by double click in My computer icon check u can see floppy disk icon or not, if the floppy disk icon is not available it is disabled in bios. Generally computer assemblers disable floppy disk while setup operating system, the reason disable floppy disk their installatin will become faster and time saving, probably they forgotten to enable it in BIOS.

Answer 4

if the floppy cables are placed properly then check the BIOS settings.
The floppy should be enabled in the BIOS settings.

When the floppy is having constant green light which means the cables are not set properly

Answer 5

in ur case it may be either m-board or ide cables. in case if it is under warrenty kindly replace ur m-board as u have stated that u have checked the drive and the cables on other computers. the AMD co. will replace the board if it is under warrenty. it is not OS problem

OR

JUST GO TO CMOS SET UP AND ACTIVATE (DRIVE A) FROM STANDARD CMOS SET UP.

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Answer 7

Since it a computer newly purchased it must be under manufacturer's warranty.

You please take the company's assistance.