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Floppy drive cable is a 34-pin ribbon cable and a twist in the cable?
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What is an easy way to tell a current floppy drive ribbon cable from an EIDE cable?
The floppy drive cable would be about half the width than the other.
What goes between the floppy drive and motherboard?
A 34-pin ribbon cable.
What is the technical name for the floppy drive cable?
the technical name is frc i.e flat ribbon cable
How can you tell that a particular ribbon cable should only be used to connect a floppy drive?
The connectors on the ends of the cable are a different size than the connectors for a standard IDE device like a Hard Drive or CD rom. You should also notice that there is a twist in the cable between two of the connectors.
What is a convenient way that a technician can tell whether a ribbon cable is for an IDE hard d rive or a floppy drive?
The floppy cable has a twist in the cable.
What does it mean when floppy drive LED stays on after post?
The ribbon cable is either plugged in upside-down or is damaged.
What are three types of ribbon cables you might find inside a PC?
3 types of ribbon cables found in a PC are, a 34-pin floppy drive cable with twist, a 40-pin IDE cable with 40 wires, and a 40-pin IDE cable with 80 fine wires(80 conductor cable)A floppy drive cable, an IDE cable, and a CD or DVD drive cable
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
What power connector attaches a floppy drive?
your power supply has a small plug attach to it with several larger ones that go to your cdrom and hard drive it will fit in to the back of your floppy
5.25 Floppy Disk Drive will not work on newer PC?
Open the case and see if the power AND the ribbon cable are both plugged in. If the drive's read light is staying on constantly the cable is connected backward. Also, make sure the floppy is properly set-up in the BIOS.
How many pins are there on a floppy drive cable?
There are two cables connected to the floppy drive; Power cable - 4 pins, Data cable - 34 pins.
What two cables connect to the hard disk?
There are two cables that connect to the floppy drive in a desktop computer.There is a four pin power cableThere is a ribbon cable that has a part twisted end (the twisted end connects to the floppy drive).
