Floippy Disk(s) Fail (C0)
Luke Munro
I am having trouble with my floppy disk drive (3.5", 1.44 MB)
It was all working fine until just recently, when it starts coming up with
the error message:
floppy disk(s) fail (C0)
on boot-up. I remember once before having this problem, but with the error
number being (40). I think this was due to having the wrong part of the
floppy cable connected to the disk drive? However, i have absolutely no
idea what i can do to get my floppy disk working again from its current
situation - apart from that, my computer works fine...
Any suggestions on how to make this work / fix the problem, would be much
appreciated
Luke Munro
lmu...@tartarus.uwa.edu.au
Wizard
Yuri Nader
I had this same problem last week. The (40) problem was, indeed, a
mis-aligned cable. The (CO) problem was resolved when I removed a
tape accelerator card from the ISA bus. On the theory that the card
was bad, it's been RMA'd back to Iomega for a new one. This is an
Abit BX6 mobo w/ a PII/266 o/c'd to 300 (3x100).
Without knowing your mobo/config, you may want to check for problem
cards, especially ISA. Pull everything but the video and reboot. If
the floppy comes back, reinstall until you get the error...
HTH
Luke Munro
I currently have my motherboard sitting on my desk, and all cards (exc. PCI
video removed - but no luck).
I did buy some new RAM recently - could that possible be the problem?
Though i did remove this for a while and rebooted, though still got the same
problem...
At a loss at the moment, but sure that the floppy drive is OK - would it
have been possible to accidently fry the on board floppy disk controller or
something like that?
If it helps at all, i have a pent 133 / 16 (+new 2x16) MB RAM, Spacewalker
HOT-555 m/b
Anybody who knows what the error message actually means too would be very
interested to know - can find no information on it anywhere on the 'net
through any of the major search engines...
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