I think it's more like a BIOS issue. For example, I have an IBM USB floppy drive and my current BIOS (AMI/AMDX470/Ryzen3900x)reports it correctly, I can use F6 in NT3.1, NT3.51, NT4, 2000 etc. Same drive is not recognized at all on a i7 gen 4 machine.

OMORES wrote on 2021-11-20, 09:48:

I think it's more like a BIOS issue. For example, I have an IBM USB floppy drive and my current BIOS (AMI/AMDX470/Ryzen3900x)reports it correctly, I can use F6 in NT3.1, NT3.51, NT4, 2000 etc. Same drive is not recognized at all on a i7 gen 4 machine.

This is using the floppy ribbon cable

This is using the floppy ribbon cable

I know that, but the point is still valid, F6 part is happening in pure DOS mode, if the BIOS won't report your floppy correctly - there is no floppy... What motherboard are you using?

Your non working floppy can be accessed? (even if can't read properly)

Can you acces your Gotek in DOS?

OMORES wrote on 2021-11-20, 14:36:

I know that, but the point is still valid, F6 part is happening in pure DOS mode, if the BIOS won't report your floppy correctly […]
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This is using the floppy ribbon cable

I know that, but the point is still valid, F6 part is happening in pure DOS mode, if the BIOS won't report your floppy correctly - there is no floppy... What motherboard are you using?

Your non working floppy can be accessed? (even if can't read properly)

Can you acces your Gotek in DOS?

I can check, it works in windows ME I’ll try booting to dos from it, see if that works.

Someone mentioned that it may be a problem with flash floppy, I think I read somewhere that that can’t be flashed back? It came with flash floppy. Maybe there is a update? Maybe this isn’t the issue? Thoughts?