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    Operation Instructions: Last Updated: 8/24/12

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    This document provides operation instructions and troubleshooting information for an FDD2USB upgrade. It describes how the lights on the upgrade should behave when booting a machine with or without a boot disk, and when accessing or writing to a USB stick. It also details unusual light behaviors and potential causes, such as a backwards ribbon cable, improperly formatted USB stick, incompatible stick brand, or issues with the floppy drive chip. Troubleshooting steps are provided, including flipping the ribbon cable or DSW 5 switch, checking the USB stick size and format, and trying different stick brands. Contact information is given for further support.

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    Operation Instructions: Last Updated: 8/24/12

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    This document provides operation instructions and troubleshooting information for an FDD2USB upgrade. It describes how the lights on the upgrade should behave when booting a machine with or without a boot disk, and when accessing or writing to a USB stick. It also details unusual light behaviors and potential causes, such as a backwards ribbon cable, improperly formatted USB stick, incompatible stick brand, or issues with the floppy drive chip. Troubleshooting steps are provided, including flipping the ribbon cable or DSW 5 switch, checking the USB stick size and format, and trying different stick brands. Contact information is given for further support.

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    PLR disk to usb floppy operation

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    USB Floppy Operation

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    This document provides operation instructions and troubleshooting information for an FDD2USB upgrade. It describes how the lights on the upgrade should behave when booting a machine with or without a boot disk, and when accessing or writing to a USB stick. It also details unusual light behaviors and potential causes, such as a backwards ribbon cable, improperly formatted USB stick, incompatible stick brand, or issues with the floppy drive chip. Troubleshooting steps are provided, including flipping the ribbon cable or DSW 5 switch, checking the USB stick size and format, and trying different stick brands. Contact information is given for further support.

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    Operation Instructions: Last Updated: 8/24/12

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    This document provides operation instructions and troubleshooting information for an FDD2USB upgrade. It describes how the lights on the upgrade should behave when booting a machine with or without a boot disk, and when accessing or writing to a USB stick. It also details unusual light behaviors and potential causes, such as a backwards ribbon cable, improperly formatted USB stick, incompatible stick brand, or issues with the floppy drive chip. Troubleshooting steps are provided, including flipping the ribbon cable or DSW 5 switch, checking the USB stick size and format, and trying different stick brands. Contact information is given for further support.

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    FDD2USB Customer Support

    Last Updated: 8/24/12

    Operation Instructions

    1. After properly installing the FDD2USB upgrade (See Installation Instructions for details) and properly
    formatted and loaded files onto your USB stick (See How to Format your USB for details), turn on your
    machine WITHOUT your USB stick (unless your machine needs a boot disk to boot up).

    For machines WITHOUT a boot disk:

    a) The RED light on the front of the upgrade should flash once if there is no USB stick in.

    b) After the machine has booted up, INSERT the USB stick. The RED light on the upgrade
    should flash once, again, and the USB stick’s light should also light up (if applicable).

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    For machines WITH a boot disk:

    a) The RED light should flash twice and the USB light should also light up if you are using a boot disk.

    b) If your machine is having difficulties booting up immediately, hold down the RES (Reset) button
    while turning on your machine.

    1. D
    2. Once the USB stick is plugged in, follow the normal path or operator steps to access a “Floppy Disk" or
    to write to a “Floppy Disk” on the machine. Both the RED AND GREEN light should come on
    throughout the process of reading or writing on the USB stick.

    3. WAIT until both the RED AND GREEN lights turn off before removing the USB stick or initiating a
    new/different action.

    4. The files should be transferred to the machine or to the USB stick after the light have turned off.

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    Unusual Light Behaviors

    1. If both the GREEN light AND/OR the RED light are


    constantly on, this indicates that the ribbon cable is
    backwards and needs to be inverted. Flip the Ribbon
    Cable and check if light behavior matches above.

    2. If you try to access or write to your USB stick and you


    only get a RED light, it could be the USB stick is not
    properly formatted in FAT, the size of the USB stick is
    too large, the USB brand is not compatible with the
    FDD2USB upgrade, or DSW 5 is incorrect. First,
    verify that the stick size is 2GB or less. Then verify
    that the stick is formatted correctly, and third, try different stick brands to see if the unit’s behavior
    changes. Finally, if it still doesn’t work, try flipping DSW 5 to see if the GREEN light will appear.

    3. If there is no RED light when powering up, flip DSW5


    to see if behavior changes. If still nothing, un-plug and
    re-plug the 4 pin power cable/26 pin ribbon cable to
    make sure there is a solid connection.
    If there are still no lights, verify that a good floppy drive
    is able to work with the machine; otherwise, the floppy driver chip may be broken.

    If you need further assistance, please visit


    our forum posts: www.plrelectronics.com/forum/
    Or email us at: sales@plrelectronics.com

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