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To: ISOMAN who wrote (6809)11/14/1999 9:16:00 AM
From: NickSE  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 110626
 
isoman,

There is a good chance that the cable is either seated improperly or reversed at either the mobo or floppy. I got the same error when putting together my system and fixed it by flipping the cable at the rear of the floppy.

..."floppy disk failure (40)"

Nick



To: ISOMAN who wrote (6809)11/14/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: PMS Witch  Respond to of 110626
 
"floppy disk failure (40)"

Holy Shit! I had no idea there were so many possibilities for a floppy disk to fail. I can't imagine getting 'failure 40', since I'd be totally nuts before I got to 'failure 10'.

Cheers, PW.

P.W.

I agree with the other guy, take a look at your cables first, jumpers next, and BIOS as a last resort.


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