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Fried Floppy Drive
Name: Jim Date: December 10, 2003 at 14:42:23 Pacific OS: 95a CPU/Ram: P100/32MB
Comment:
A while back my floppy drive failed so I replaced it,the replacement has now expired and the one after that(in the space of a few weeks)I think the power supply is putting out too much power and will need to be replaced,could it be anything else?The rest of the computer works OK.
Name: TopFarmer Date: December 11, 2003 at 05:51:38 Pacific
Reply:
not to sure about it but would think if the power supply was bad, it would also be takeing out the hdd and cd drive. could be a bad power connector at floppy drive or maybe data cable.
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