Hardware, Utilities and Options

USB FDD Kit

The USB floppy diskette drive accommodates either a 1.44MB or 720KB floppy diskette and connects to one of the computer's USB ports.

USB connector

Disk-In-Use

Indicator

Floppy diskette slot

Eject button

Figure 3-13 The USB floppy diskette drive

Connecting the USB floppy diskette drive

To connect the drive, plug the floppy diskette drive’s USB connector into a computer’s USB port.

Make sure the connector is properly aligned with the socket. Do not try to force the connection, doing so can damage the connecting pins.

USB port

USB connector

Figure 3-14 Connecting the USB floppy diskette drive

If you connect the USB floppy diskette drive after the computer has already been turned on, it will take about ten seconds for it to be recognized by the computer. Do not attempt to disconnect and reconnect the drive before this period has elapsed.

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