Run floppy drive off IDE
We just built a computer for a client. The client relized upon picking up they had failed to mention the needed the floppy drive from the old computer, so i run it back to the shop, install the old dive, then founf there is no floppy connector on the motherboard. There is a IDE, is there anyway to plug the floppy into the IDE slot? Or some kind of converter? Or would it be best to buy a USB floppy?
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Ok i'm fairly certain i'm going to have to just get the USB, i wasn't really looking for an ide floppy, i was seeing if i could plug the floppy ribbon cable (34 pins?) into a regular IDE slot. I've seen Floppy cables plugged into cd drives and they have functioned before, so i was wondering if there was a similar fix.
Unfortunately, a 34-pin floppy drive cable won't work in a 40-pin IDE slot and there is no inexpensive adapter that I know of.
I've never heard of putting a floppy cable in the CD ROM, so am surprised that that would work.
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jhy - So was i, it was actually a mistake by my elder superior in a pc he built, i was just noticed it one day, checked it out and sure enough it worked.
A few years ago both HP and IBM sold a dual CD/Floppy unit that connected via IDE -- you can still find a few available if you search for them.
However, for this particular issue -- just buy a floppy designed with an IDE interface. The lack of a floppy controller is common on modern motherboards, so they now make floppies that work through the IDE connection: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4975155&CatId=630
However, for this particular issue -- just buy a floppy designed with an IDE interface. The lack of a floppy controller is common on modern motherboards, so they now make floppies that work through the IDE connection: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=4975155&CatId=630
http://www.cdw.com/shop/products/default.aspx?EDC=684966