floppy disk Floppy disk problem

[ddddanil]

After a weekend in my junk.. oh, sorry, old parts I found old floppy disk drive and a pile of old floppys. I was curious what I wrote 15 years ago so I went to a local computer store and bought an IDE->SATA piece of silicon. And the problem is: This controller includes power pins but my drive has them on a separate cable. I thing you guys are smart enough to tell me what to cut.

Hardware:

-SFD-321B FDD

-SPIF223A-HL022 - based chinese thingy

I don't think you need photos because they are easy to find.

[Spectrez]

Wouldnt leaving the controller board unpowered solve it? 

 

 

[ddddanil]

The thing is controller IDE is wider and I couldn't find the right way to cut it for a week. I appreciate any help.

[swordsman247]

10 minutes ago, ddddanil said:

After a weekend in my junk.. oh, sorry, old parts I found old floppy disk drive and a pile of old floppys. I was curious what I wrote 15 years ago so I went to a local computer store and bought an IDE->SATA piece of silicon. And the problem is: This controller includes power pins but my drive has them on a separate cable. I thing you guys are smart enough to tell me what to cut.

Hardware:

-SFD-321B FDD

-SPIF223A-HL022 - based chinese thingy

I don't think you need photos because they are easy to find.

Floppy drives don't use IDE And I'm guessing the adaptor is from ide mobo to a sata drive...sounds like you've got the wrong part to get it to work. why not pick up a usb floppy drive from somewhere online?

[pxnguinPr3]

11 minutes ago, ddddanil said:

After a weekend in my junk.. oh, sorry, old parts I found old floppy disk drive and a pile of old floppys. I was curious what I wrote 15 years ago so I went to a local computer store and bought an IDE->SATA piece of silicon. And the problem is: This controller includes power pins but my drive has them on a separate cable. I thing you guys are smart enough to tell me what to cut.

Hardware:

-SFD-321B FDD

-SPIF223A-HL022 - based chinese thingy

I don't think you need photos because they are easy to find.

Cut the red wire?

Waii waiia no.

Dont do that.

xD.

I have no clue. I think you'll have trouble finding an anwser to that. Sorry I cant help.

[never_here]

Just now, swordsman247 said:

 why not pick up a usb floppy drive from somewhere online?

ya, was gona say the same thing... i have a usb floppy drive, works fine. 

[ddddanil]

Why I have to buy a new drive if I have a good old one? I think i can just cut power pins on the controller ant it'll be fine. Posting photos now.

[ddddanil]

So here they are (sorry 4 quality)

[swordsman247]

13 minutes ago, ddddanil said:

Why I have to buy a new drive if I have a good old one? I think i can just cut power pins on the controller ant it'll be fine. Posting photos now.

Yeah those are completely different interfaces... also the usb floppy drives are pretty cheap I picked up a new one last year for under $10usd. I have loads of "good" 2.5 floppy drives lying around but they're basically worthless to me.

[ddddanil]

If it's only solution... well ok. I wish I'll find one without shipping.

[swordsman247]

1 minute ago, ddddanil said:

If it's only solution... well ok. I wish I'll find one without shipping.

I don't even know if getting a floppy controller to adapt from sata is possible...you could look for a floppy pci add in card of some sort if you've got an empty slot to put it in.

[ddddanil]

OMG. I've found some but they're too expensive. I think I'd better buy a USB one...

[ddddanil]

Thanks for all your help.

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