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Old 04-03-2006, 09:26 PM   #1
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The light on my floppy drive doesnt turn off even when there is no disk in the drive. Why????
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Did you recently install the floppy? Make sure the floppy cable isnt backwards.
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Hey Jake,

As VAIO says it could be a loose wire, wires are installed wrong way 'round OR you might have a bent pin on the floppy drive. Let us know which!

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