racinjason88 Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 (edited) I have a Dell Inspiron 2650 laptop and my floppy drive recently died. I replaced it with a factory one from Dell, but can't get it to work. I know I probably didn't hook it up right. Can anyone help me with the install? Edited April 22, 2006 by racinjason88
noguru Posted April 22, 2006 Posted April 22, 2006 Is the floppydrive recognized by the BIOS? Hooking up a floppy on a laptop is just pushing it inside, not much can go wrong there I think? There is no need for a driver or anything for a good ol' floppy so if you have a original Dell it should work. (I have some experience with Compaq that won't accept any floppydrive but a Compaq one...)Any chance to test the drive in another laptop to see if it works at all?
racinjason88 Posted April 23, 2006 Author Posted April 23, 2006 (edited) Excuse me for my ignorance, but what is BIOS? When I slid the drive into the computer, there was a tape attached to it. I'm not sure if that piece needed to be attached a certain way. I put it back the way the original tape was. Edited April 23, 2006 by racinjason88
LLXX Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Tape? If it's the protective covering film on the connector you need to remove it first...
jago_lfn Posted April 23, 2006 Posted April 23, 2006 Tape? If it's the protective covering film on the connector you need to remove it first...I think he means ribbon cable of some sort.@racinjason88: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BIOS
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