ThaWaxShop

Ok well i wanna do a BIOS update but my floppy is not working. Ok lets clear some things up right now,

yes its hooked up right.
No the light isnt constantly on nor off.
light lights up when trying to read
Tried 2 different floppy drives
they both work on another comp
tried numerous floppys

Everytime i go to access a floppy i get an error "disc in drive not formatted"

then when i try to format "not formatable"

This is really frustrating lol

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mycomputersucks

This may sounds stupid but did you make sure the disk didnt have its write lock on?

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Retrospekt

In your bios there should be an option to disable ide master and slave devices. Enable it and see if it works.

ThaWaxShop

lock is off
the option was set to enable both slave and primary

Maxima

When was the last time you used the floppy on that mobo? Could it be the cable or the controller?

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ThaWaxShop

brand NEW mobo. Uninstalled and reinstalled drivers 3 times two different cables used. The light lights up, it spins amkes all the fancy noise and just says that every disc need sto be formatted and then it wont let me format

DragonMaster

Your floppy drive might just be dead. Cheap ones just break during transport(Can't carry the computer in the car without the FDD to break) for fun.

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Antoine

ThaWaxShop

tried two known working drives

DragonMaster

The problem's here... Have you tried to format from an other computer?
And are all of your floppies the same brand?

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ThaWaxShop

all the same brand and i even tried one that i already formated previously and know works and has stuff on it