System won't read floppy disks

[Jimmy the Greek]

I'm trying to set up a RAID1 on a eVGA 680i board, and have to use the SATA RAID driver disk when installing XP (yes, I could slipstream the disc, but want to use that as a last resort.)

The cable's twist is on the end that goes into the FDD, and the drives' lights only go on when they're actually reading the disks. However, I've tried three different drives, and none is able to read the data. I used one of these drives last week with my IP35 Pro and didn't experience any problems, and doubt that it died in that time.

Is this motherboard known to have issues reading from floppies? Could it be anything other than a motherboard problem?

BTW, the A Drive and FDD Controller are both enabled in the BIOS.

 

[tiraides]

This is going to sound stupid, but try flipping the cable "upside down" so that the twisted portion is on the other side of the floppy drive. If that doesn't work, try obtaining a new floppy cable.

 

[Jimmy the Greek]

This is going to sound stupid, but try flipping the cable "upside down" so that the twisted portion is on the other side of the floppy drive. If that doesn't work, try obtaining a new floppy cable.

So the twist is near the motherboard connector? Or am I misinterpreting you?

Forgot to mention that I've used two different floppy cables.

 

[tiraides]

The twist is supposed to go in the direction towards the floppy drive, but what I meant was to turn the cable over (like flipping a coin) so that the cable twist is on the other side (while still heading towards the floppy drive). For example, if the twist was on the left-hand side of the cable, turn it so that the twist is on the right-hand side.