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Q: What is the function of a floppy data cable?
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What is a floppy drive data cable?

a cable for connecting a floppy drive to the computer motherboard.


How many wires in a floppy cable?

AnswerA standard floppy drive cable in a computer has 34 pins.


What is fdd data cable?

FDD cable is for floppy disk drive (FDD).


How can you tell the difference between the hard drive data cable from the floppy drive data cable?

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.


Explain how the two available drives on FDD data cable are distinguished?

Floppy data cable is 34 pin flat cable having two connectors for floppy drive. The floppy drive connected at the end connector is A: and the another connector disk is B:..


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).


Floppy drive cable is a 34-pin ribbon cable and a twist in the cable?

used on a floppy


When the floppy disk driver's light stay on?

The most usual occurrence of this when the data cable is plugged in upside down onto the floppy disk. Just unplug is and flip it over. Nothing has been hurt. Just power down, flip the data cable and power up again. Otherwise, something is wrong with the floppy and it should be replaced.


A technician is troubleshooting a computer that has a malfunctioning floppy drive The technician observes that the floppy drive light remains lit constantly How should the technician attempt to rep?

the data cable connected to the floppy drive is connected in reverse.


What happens when you install a floppy drive cable backwards?

The floppy drive data cable has a stripe denoting pin #1...PIN #1 on the FDD cable must be aligned with PIN #1 on the drive connector, or the drive will not work...This misalignment does not damage the drive, but the activity light will stay on constantly...To correct this, turn the computer off, reconnect the data cable aligning the pins correctly & reboot the computer....


How does a cable function?

transferring data for one to other device