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To: WEBNATURAL who wrote (27025)	5/20/2002 1:51:05 PM
From: Robert Graham	Respond to of 110614

So this floppy is the drive that replaced an older one? Correct? Did the original one also have this problem? If the answer to both questions are "yes", then I would suspect a cable problem. Make sure there is a good contact and no pins have been bent on either side of the connection. Has a floppy drive ever worked for this motherboard? Or has the original floppy worked for a period of time, then started to fail, in the same way the existing floppy is failing? Has there been any hardware or software additions or changes to the computer's configuration that can be related to this problem? The reason I am asking these questions is that it is a very rare situation where there is a problem with the motherboard's handling of the floppy drive. But this is still possible. If this is actually the problem, then you may need to disable the floppy interface on the motherboard and either plug in a new I/O board that will provide you with a new floppy interface (which also comes with hard drive interfaces that may support faster disk transfer speeds), or purchase an internal ZIP drive for your needs. Hmm...I now am remembering that there is a "super" floppy drive available that can manage regular and higher density floppies. I wonder if this type of drive plugs into an IDE port. If it does, then this may be the best solution if there is a problem with the floppy controller circuitry on the motherboard, and you still need to be able to handle 3 1/2 floppys with your system. Bob Graham