King_Cold wrote:...I think My motherboard is missing one pin. Well actually I think it's normall but mine is missing two pin. Is this normall. If not, can it be repaired.
I don't know much about floppy ide but mine has 33pins (1 pin missing) and is working.
from TheTechBoard.com wrote:The first thing we should try is to boot off of the floppy drive. Let's check to see that the BIOS is set to default. Any BIOS that I can recall being made in the last 5 years has all of it's IDE controllers set to AUTO by default, and the boot sequence has the floppy first. This said, the best thing to do is to clear the CMOS and try your boot up again.
Still nothing? Let's take a look at how far you are getting... If the machine stops during the POST process with a "Floppy Disk Fail (40)" error, then we need to check your floppy first. Take off ALL of your IDE devices (unplug the IDE cable from the board) and grab a bootable floppy disk.
Is the light staying on on the floppy drive? If so, then your problem is that the ribbon cable is hooked up backwards on the back of the drive. Yes, it could very well plug in two ways and no, it's probably not plugged in backwards at the motherboard because the motherboard is likely keyed. But the fact remains that a light that stays on on a floppy drive is almost ALWAYS a sign of a backwards floppy cable.
Does the light come on on the floppy drive EVER? If not, check where on the ribbon cable the drive is plugged in. Floppy cables are not like IDE cables. See on the cable where there is the cut, split and twist? Because there are no jumpers on a floppy drive, this is what designates what drive is A and what drive is B. If you use the connector located by the cut and twist, that is the A drive. The connector that is where the ribbon is run straight is actually the B drive. Also, make sure that what the BIOS has set for your DRIVE A and DRIVE B jives with your current arrangement. Floppies DO NOT auto detect in the BIOS and therefore need to be checked and set manually. If the floppy STILL doesn't work, try another floppy cable, another power cable, another drive and worst case scenario, another motherboard!
It's easier to troubleshoot the drive & cable if you use another working computer.