after many months i used my floppy drive but it was not detecting a floppy.i took out the floppy & inserted it back into the drive but my computer hung up&was not even responding 2 CTRL+ALT+DEL.i then had 2 push the restart button & on rebooting it gave a Message "PRI SLAVE DRIVE-ATAPI INCOMPATIBLE" & it has become very slow.What could be the problem & what is its solution?
2006-08-28 07:44:31 · 9 answers · asked by coolguy 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Desktops
Service code 31...Operator Error.....Floopy drive is bad
2006-08-28 07:48:06 · answer #1 · answered by Jet 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It could be a couple things. If you had removed the floppy drive and reconnected the ribbon upside down. They are different sizes so it is obvious which one it is. I have had and still have 3.5" drives for years and not broken down yet. I'm talking about 15 years here. They are cheap if you need one. As for IDE not compatible. There is a couple things to look for. When booting your computer, hit del when the screen comes up. Check out the list of hard drives on the screen, and even use the autodetect. One of the opening boot screens shows the list of connected drives. In windows. Check out the device manager to see if there are any conflicts in the list. Check out "my computer" and get properties for the drives. That's the basics. If you have a hard drive as C with NTFS and you are booting from an older floppy, then it may not recognize the drive.
2006-09-02 07:06:42 · answer #2 · answered by William P 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My experience is that floppy drives fail fairly easily. I've seen them break by installing a defective disk. Spending $ 10.00 on a new floppy drive and using new disks is cheap insurance.
2006-08-28 08:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Agreed (first answer). Try reinstalling the driver and/or using Flash and CD-ROM drives as opposed to floppies.
2006-08-28 07:51:21 · answer #4 · answered by ibkidd37 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
solution is stop using floppy, i quit 3.5 diskets like 2, 3 years ago, and in the times of USBs which has like 1gb and more, and their cheap prices, floppy is like having cassete reader when IBM became more popular with its 75mhz intel ;)
2006-08-28 07:50:10 · answer #5 · answered by mrangelosd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
getting a new floppy drive isn't a hard job
2006-09-04 21:16:12 · answer #6 · answered by barge118 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Double check which port the FD is plugging into of the system board bus.
In fact, when you have the case open, double check all bus and device connections.
Good Luck.
Have fun but be safe.
2006-08-28 08:00:44 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
remove floppy drive and/or replace
2006-09-03 03:25:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simple throw out your computer. then buy a mac problem solved
2006-08-28 07:50:35 · answer #9 · answered by macintosh3214 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋