Forum Home
Press F1
Thread ID: 8683	2001-04-11 11:25:00	Floppy Drive Failure	Guest (0)	Press F1

Post ID	Timestamp	Content	User
11181	2001-04-11 11:25:00	Hi I am building a PC and I am getting this error on startup. Floppy disc(s) failure (40) Can anyone tell me what this means? I have never come across a floppy failure in any of the other PC's I have built so I don't have much idea as to what could cause this. I am assuming that the (40) is the error number but I really don;t know. Thanks for the help.	Guest (0)
11182	2001-04-11 12:02:00	Check your cables ....probably got 1 round the wrong way ....sometimes need to have FDD on the last connecter on cable and not on the middle,also check the power cable	Guest (0)
11183	2001-04-11 12:40:00	I have checked and rechecked the cable and tried all variations I could think of with the cable positioning. The drive is getting power as the led goes on so its not that cord. I know if the led stays on then there is a cable on wrong, so I know I got the cables right. It boots up as normal the cd rom is found then the floppy fails I see the computer accessing the floppy drive because the led goes on briefly as it is susposed too but it still fails. Any help appreciated.	Guest (0)
11184	2001-04-11 21:59:00	Have you tried checking the BIOS / CMOS settings?	Guest (0)
11185	2001-04-12 00:34:00	I did look in the BIOS/CMOS but I don't really know where specifically to look. I couldn't see anything obvious but I don't really have much experience in that area.	Guest (0)
11186	2001-04-15 08:48:00	You could also try the following www.microsoft.com select support from the drop down menu top right hand side Select the option to search by specific article number and type this number in Q131690 this should help you... Let's see if we can nail this one ; )	Guest (0)
1