These are some symptoms that may be caused by the floppy drive. Other components may also cause these same symptoms, check the general diagnosis page for more information.
Symptom
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Indicator light never goes on
Check that the power connector is properly and securely connected.
Check that the interface cable to properly and securely connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
Indicator light never goes off
The interface cable may be reversed. Check the connection to the drive and to the motherboard.
Drive type mismatch during boot
Check for proper configuration in CMOS.
The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
"Invalid media" or "Track 00 bad" error when formatting
The floppy disk may be defective.
The drive may not be properly configured in CMOS.
You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
The same directory is displayed for different diskettes
Refresh the view.
Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
Check that the interface cable to properly and securely connected to both the drive and the motherboard.
The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
"Drive not ready" error
There is no disk in the floppy drive.
Reinsert the disk, making sure it goes in all the way.
The floppy drive may need to be replaced.
"General failure" error
The disk in the drive is not formatted.
You may be using the wrong floppy disk density for your drive.
