Proliant 1500 Floppy Won't Boot or Read

[MasterGrab]

After a failed install of DOS on my Proliant 1500 , it will not read or (more importantly) boot from floppy anymore ... even will not read it anymore on Assisted Install via SmartStart ... Latest firmware used . I've tried resetting everything through System Erase Utility , but it doesn't help ... All cables are connected right and booting correct via CD ... Even when OS (win 2000 or DOS ) is installed will not read from floppy . Any advice is welcome .... Thank you

[Joe Wells]

Have you tried the floppy drive in a different machine? I have had drives go bad on me, especially older floppies. When you insert a disk can you hear the drive activate and spin the motor? If you hear some activity I would either check the cables, do a power off boot to get the drive to be detected again. I have killed drives just blowing them out with compressed air, where it detects the drive on boot once and then again fail it.

[Brian_Murdoch]

Hi,

It's possible that the floppy disk heads are now dirty. If you don't want to open it up and clean the heads with an isopropyl pad then you could try a head cleaning kit. Here is an example.

http://www.lindy.com/us/productfolder/04/40411/index.php

Regards,

Brian