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How would I connect an internal 3.5 Floppy disk drive to a motherboard that doesn't have a ribbon cable connector?
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∙ 8y ago
Use an external USB floppy drive.
If you MUST have internal.... if you're good and creative you -might- be able to disassemble an external USB floppy drive and mount it like an internal drive.
Alternatively, you could hunt down an old LS-120 "superdisk" drive. Its an IDE drive (40 pin connector, like your hdd or cdrom) that reads floppies (in addition to high-capacity proprietary disks)
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∙ 15y ago
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∙ 9y agoThe short answer is that you don't unless you can find an expansion card that has a floppy drive interface on it (which I doubt you will at this point). Your best bet would be to get a USB external floppy drive. You can find them easily enough through online means and probably in a local computer store.
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∙ 9y agoIt is possible to get a floppy to USB cable adapter. Use this to connect to the spare USB connections on the motherboard. You may need to get a cable intended for attaching forward USB sockets.
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∙ 14y agoYou would have to use a USB Floppy drive. Most of these cannot be easily mounted internally, however.
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∙ 8y agoif your motherboard has pci or other types of expansion slots available you can buy a expansion card that allows you to connect an IDE device to your motherboard
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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).
What is a floppy header?
A floppy header is the interface used on motherboard to connect floppy disk drives. They are far less common on modern motherboards due to their limited usefulness.
What power connecter should you connect to a floppy drive to a power supply?
A "Berg" connector.
Why do some USB ports on a PCI card face on the inside of a computer?
There are several uses one could have for this port. I believe the original intention was to attach the front panel USB ports (if any) to it instead of to the motherboard. You could also use this to connect a USB floppy drive (which would be faster than the legacy floppy connector), a hard drive, or even a USB Flash drive for easy additional internal storage.
Why prefer internal floppy to external one?
Simple, easy to connect, being internal means permanently and securely available
Why do external floppy drives cost more than internal?
External floppy drives use additional hardware to connect to a computer, whereas an internal floppy drive uses a simple cable to connect to components already integrated into most motherboards until very recently. Another factor is that external USB floppy drives are a seldom-used item, whereas an internal floppy drive could be leftover stock from when they were a common commodity in every computer.
What is function of floppy connectors?
Floppy connectors are used to transfer data between a floppy drive and a computer via motherboard, in order to use a floppy disk. They are very similar to IDE cables, but are a little smaller, and are exclusively for floppy drives.
What two connections should be provided to a floppy disk drive during installation?
a cable from the power supply to the Berg power connector on the FDD a cable from the 20-pin ATX power connector socket on the motherboard to the Berg power connector on the FDD
What is Floppy disk connector?
it is a 34 pin connector
What is a floppy drive data cable?
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
How many floppy drive controllers are on a motherboard?
One or zero, depending on the specific motherboard model.
The floppy drive gets its power through what type of connector?
Mini Connector
