floopy drive anit working

[xdviper]

hey, im almost finsh building my p4 computer. i got a floopy drive for it today and its a panasonic, when i installed it on the computer, and turned it on, the floopy lite is on. i dunno if it see the floopy, the floopy lite is on all the time, i reconnected the wires with another ide cables and same shit. i tested it on my compaq, and it works perfect. what the fuk is wrong with this?

 

[mosin]

Did you use the same cable on the Compaq?

 

[Sarge]

I had a new floppy drive do that once. It turned out that the alignment slot for the floppy cable was on the wrong side of slot. I cut the alignment tab on the cable and plugged it in "upside down" and it worked.

 

[xdviper]

Originally posted by Sarge
I had a new floppy drive do that once. It turned out that the alignment slot for the floppy cable was on the wrong side of slot. I cut the alignment tab on the cable and plugged it in "upside down" and it worked.

what you mean cutting thee tab? do you have any pictures? thx

 

[Egekrusher]

With most floppy (heh, floopy?) drives, there are 2 slots for the tab, one on top and one on bottom. Try just turning the cable upside down when you plug it in.

 

[Python]

Do what they said ^

If the light is on all the time you have a cable plugged in backwards.