Floppy connector problems

> Go into the Bios and see if the Bios will handle a B: drive. Chances are that it
> won't as most later boards will only handle an A: floppy when they handle a
> floppy at all.

It should work according to the manual and the settings in BIOS.
And the manual even talks of a cable with two connectors in one end
and one in the other.
BIOS can configure both an A: and a B:

Could I just cut of the pin that probably shouldn't be there on the
motherboard?

It's all really confusing.
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koma wrote:
> I have an Abit Fatal1ty motherboard and I want to connect two floppy
> drives to it.
>
> It should work according to the manual and the settings in BIOS.
>
> However, the cable supplied with the board is only fitted for one
> floppy drive.
>
> So, I got an older standard floppy cable, but it won't fit!
>
> The cable connector has one hole filled where the motherboard has a
> pin. I did expect the motherboard connector to be missing a pin!
>
> What's going on here?
>

Some cables have a plug or no hole to match a missing pin on the MB.
This forces the cable orientation to be proper. If your cable is like
this, either remove the plug or drill a hole where it is needed in order
to plug it into the MB. Make sure to plug the cable in properly after
having done so, as it will no longer be impossible to reverse it.
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"koma" <magnus.ekhall.DeleteThis@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
>> Go into the Bios and see if the Bios will handle a B: drive. Chances are
>> that it
>> won't as most later boards will only handle an A: floppy when they handle
>> a
>> floppy at all.
>
> It should work according to the manual and the settings in BIOS.
> And the manual even talks of a cable with two connectors in one end
> and one in the other.
> BIOS can configure both an A: and a B:
>
> Could I just cut of the pin that probably shouldn't be there on the
> motherboard?

If it is the wrong solution, its potentially expensive - would be a lot
cheaper mistake to just drill out the hold in the cable connector!

Just before you do anything, though - this sounds like a daft thing to even
say, but sometime the most obvious is worth checking - do you have the cable
the wrong way round?
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On May 21, 11:19 pm, "GT" <ContactGT_remo... RemoveThis @hotmail.com> wrote:
> "koma" <magnus.ekh... RemoveThis @gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> news:1179778601.105432.48760@x35g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
>
>
>
> >> Go into the Bios and see if the Bios will handle a B: drive. Chances are
> >> that it
> >> won't as most later boards will only handle an A: floppy when they handle
> >> a
> >> floppy at all.
>
> > It should work according to the manual and the settings in BIOS.
> > And the manual even talks of a cable with two connectors in one end
> > and one in the other.
> > BIOS can configure both an A: and a B:
>
> > Could I just cut of the pin that probably shouldn't be there on the
> > motherboard?
>
> If it is the wrong solution, its potentially expensive - would be a lot
> cheaper mistake to just drill out the hold in the cable connector!
>
> Just before you do anything, though - this sounds like a daft thing to even
> say, but sometime the most obvious is worth checking - do you have the cable
> the wrong way round?

Drilling sounds like a better option... Thanks for the suggestion.

And good idea, but the cable is not the wrong way round.
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koma wrote:
> I have an Abit Fatal1ty motherboard and I want to connect two floppy
> drives to it.
>
> It should work according to the manual and the settings in BIOS.
>
> However, the cable supplied with the board is only fitted for one
> floppy drive.
>
> So, I got an older standard floppy cable, but it won't fit!
>
> The cable connector has one hole filled where the motherboard has a
> pin. I did expect the motherboard connector to be missing a pin!
>
> What's going on here?
>
Are both ends of the cable that way?
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