damage the device, motherboard, or adapter.
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.
a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.
The cable connects between the motherboard of the computer and the hard-drive or optical drive.
The cable? The cable has no file system, its just a cable.
To start, the hard drive cable connects your hard drive to your motherboard. Its really simple.
Almost all computer connections are keyed. It is difficult to connect backwards. Connecting a data cable backward is not a concern, you can simply connect it correctly without damage. Forcing a power connection in backwards can destroy either (or both) the HD or the power supply. Make sure the power is off before connecting power.
The floppy drive cable would be about half the width than the other.
There are two cables connected to the floppy drive; Power cable - 4 pins, Data cable - 34 pins.
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With the foward, backward, left, and right keys.
used on a floppy
1. A floppy cable will almost always contain a small "twist" in it, in which a port of the wires are turned in reverse.2. A floppy cable has 34 pins. A PATA hard drive cable has 40 pins.