BillDMc
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A: Drive
I have a 166 MHz system that is unable to access the A: drive. When I attempt to boot from the drive, I get an error that says boot drive not accessible, insert disk and try again. I have checked cables and bios to make sure that everything is as it should be (and it seems to be), but no success. Any clue?
Hmm, could be a bad disk. But I suppose you have tried more than one bootable disk. Are you sure the drive is good? Do you have another one to swap it out with.
if the bios is set to show the proper drive for A:, and floppy seek is enabled, and the search is A, C
then,
I would recheck my cables again, I know that my fat fingers and the small cramped spaces are not condusive to good line of sight. Make sure that pin one on the mainboard has the stripe on the cable, and that the stripe on the cable is toward the 4 pin power connector on the floppy drive.
and, speaking of the floppy drive, make sure that you have the power connector on properly, again it is easy to miss a pin (well not real easy, but I have done it in a moment of glory)
bill
then,
I would recheck my cables again, I know that my fat fingers and the small cramped spaces are not condusive to good line of sight. Make sure that pin one on the mainboard has the stripe on the cable, and that the stripe on the cable is toward the 4 pin power connector on the floppy drive.
and, speaking of the floppy drive, make sure that you have the power connector on properly, again it is easy to miss a pin (well not real easy, but I have done it in a moment of glory)
bill
Did the floppy-drive ever work?
Is the light on the floppy-drive *ALWAYS* on? (If so, "flip" the ribbon-cable 180 degrees at the back of the floppy.)
Is the light on the floppy-drive *ALWAYS* on? (If so, "flip" the ribbon-cable 180 degrees at the back of the floppy.)
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Thank you. Thyis helped me to resolve the problem.