Are you sure the floppy cable isn't on backwards?
I looked through the amdmb.com forums and couldn't find any known
issues with the A7V880.
On Mon, 04 Oct 2004 11:57:00 -0700, Paddy <paddy@ij.net> wrote:
> I have run into a problem that's running me up against a wall. I have a
> new Asus A7V880 MB with an Athalon 3200 CPU, a Maxtor 250 GB HD, 1 GB of
> DDR RAM and an ATI Radeon 9200 Video Card. I have divided the HD into
> two (2) partitions of about 125 GB each, the first partition contains
> Winblows XP Pro and the other is to contain Linux.
>
> I have downloaded and installed Service Pack 2, all of the newest
> drivers for the MB and I have the newest updates for the video card yet
> to be installed.
>
> I have one very big problem though, the rotten floppy drive will not
> work and I can't figure it out. I have changed drives (5) ribbon
> cables, read the manual (you know I must be desperate) all to no avail.
> As soon as I reboot the machine the LED on the floppy stayes lit and if
> I insert a blank disk in the floppy, a message comes up telling me to
> insert a disk in the drive.
>
> I have been building my own computers for the last 15 years and I have
> never had this kind of stuff happen before. Can it be that all of my
> spare floppy drives all went belly up at the same time? I even thought
> of buying a new drive but CompUSA wanted $15.00 and I don't need a new
> drive that bad.
>
> Anyone have an ideas? All help is appreciated.
>
> Paddy
>
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