Floppy controller malfunction of sorts...

for somereason my computer doesn't recognize my floppy drive. im assuming the problem has to do with the controller since ive used several different ide cables and floppies... any suggestions? send it back? ( i bought the mobo from mwave.com in dec around christmas.)
-- Michael

yeah, if you've tried the obvious like turning the cable upside down etc then its probably the controller mate.
i fitted a 745 ultra to my dad's pc the other week and had the exact same problem....it was indeed a faulty controller, its rare but it happens
good luck anyway

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Make shure the floppy cable is seated right on the motherboard and the back of the drive. There is a red stripe on one side of the cable and that goes towards the power connector on the drive itself and towards pin '1' on the motherboard. Sometimes it is hard to read on the motherboard but it is there. The cable might be bad, the drive itself bad, or even the onboard floppy controller. If none of these help, then just disable the floppy controller in the bios to get it to boot. But first I would make shure the cable is installed corectly.

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The airport express is one of the most unfriendly of Apples devices I've encountered in terms of setup and troubleshooting. If your son took it to College, he most likely reconfigured it while he was there (so it will no longer be configured for your home network).
I would suggest connecting you express to your extreme via the ethernet port (so connect a network cable between the two), you will then be able to see the express when you launch the airport configuration tool (Airport Utility) on your computer. From here you will be able to reconfigure the express to connect to your network again. At which point you can physically disconnect the express and resume wireless.
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GG
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If you're implying that I need a larger power supply, then explain why I've been using it for a year with no problems whatsoever.
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