GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

[mdfk]

Sorry for the poor English :)
I have some vintage computers and computer operated machines with 5.25 floppy drives so i want to transfer and back up information from them to my new computer with ga-ep35-ds3 board, which already has one 3.5" 1,44MB drive installed.

When i connected both an old 5.25" drive and the 3.5" I entered system setup and saw that in "standard cmos setup" is available only "DRIVE A".

Windows and DOS show only A: and no mather what capacity is set for "DRIVE A" the big floppy works as it.
Recently i disconected the two floppies and put a dual combo drive in their place and the result is the same - only one floppy works :(

Is there a way to fix that or I must change floppy drives everytime a different type is needed??

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

The controller may be able to only control one floppy since most dont even use that I bet that is why this is happening to you

If you want to transfer between the two computers easier and cannot do it thru a network you could buy a Male to Male USB wire and then use this program to do so MUCH Easier and faster>>>

Homepage
USB to USB File Transfer Cable

Download Program/driver

http://www.usbfirewire.com/manualsdrivers/rr-usb-usb2dbali.zip

Manual

http://www.usbfirewire.com/manualsdrivers/rr-usb-usb2db/slmanual.pdf

[mdfk]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

what usb?? have you ever seen 4,77MHz XT with USBs?

I understand that floppies are pretty outdated, but its kind of strange to have board with quad core support, 6 sata and 12 usb and only one floppy support :(
are the dual fdd controllers so expensive

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

I dont know. How are you plugging this second floppy in anyway?

[mdfk]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

I'm plugging it with dual floppy cable

the top connector connects to the board and the other two - to the drives, which should appear as A: and B:

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

Yeah, I think you may need a dual floppy controller. Or get a USB Floppy drive, that would work for sure as I have used one on my board with a normal floppy plugged in


I cant find anywhere that says the IT8718 or the ICH9 supports dual floppy, the spec sheets for each only have one floppy listed

1 x floppy disk drive connector supporting up to 1 floppy disk drive

[Lsdmeasap]

Re: GA-EP35-DS3 dual floppy support??

You sure that cable is being used right? I read this >>>

Floppy drive cables have a twist in certain wires that identifies the A: drive from the B: drive. If you hook the drive up to the middle connector versus the end connector, it won't work. The cable may be backwards