first, check the cable. make sure the light is not on always. if it is on always then the cable is connected wrongly,. then make sure the power cable is connected. ( who know) . then try to change the cable ( the cable is cheep is it) . then check the bios, make sure the floppy setting are correct, if you are not sure , then you can load the defauld for the page . and if you are accessing the drive ove network. make sure there are diskette in the drive .