Pcmcia floppy drives?

Is it possible to get support from a pcmcia floppy drive(sony fa-p1)? I have searched and have not found 1 clue about what to do. Maybe somebody here will know.

Quote from: mr.bimble on 01-June-06, 04:32:06
No the lights on the drive flash on only as they would be expected to. The same problem with two identical mobos must be more than coincidence,unless I have the BIOS wrong. But Ive followed setting up the BIOS as it says in the handbook and all I get is the insert floppy message whenever I try to read  floppy.
"I get is the insert floppy message whenever I try to read  floppy."
where did you tried? try to access FDD throught Pure DOS. XP has exlusived access on it, and sometimes gives errors.
"Four different drives and five different cables. Nothing worked. Cant read floppy discs."
did you also use original FDD cable which come with the mobo?
also what diskette you are tryed? there is can be File System that can't be recognised by OS.
can you format the new ones?

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