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In article <807344309snz@longley.demon.co.uk>
           David@longley.demon.co.uk "David Longley" writes:

> > Hi
> > 
> > I have just bought a Sony 3.5 inch floppy drive model number MPF420-1 
> > at a computer show. However I cannot get it to operate as either 
> > drive A or B in a situation were another 3.5 drive will. 
> >         If I switch to the drive the drive seeks with the drive light 
> > on for a couple of seconds and then the "Data error reading Drive 
> > A/B" comes up.
> >         There is a jumper block with a 5x3 set of pins and three 
> > jumpers - unfortunately I don't have any idea what the jumpers do as 
> > I got no paper stuff with it!
> >         Any help gratefully received.
> > 
> > Al
> > al@alcarg.demon.co.uk 
> > 
> I'm at a SONY MP-F17W-07 which I had similar problems with. Thought it was
> the heads so cleaned them. I then replaced the drive with a COMPAQ drive,
> and got the saem symptoms. I *think* it came down to badly a badly fitting 
> floppy data cable in the end - make sure the end of the cable is connected
> tightly to the IDE controller - if all checks out OK....sounds like it is
> a bad drive and my solution was a mistake for me too (I didn't put the
> SONY drive back, just got the COMPAQ to stop behaving *like* the SONY.

I don't think it is anything to do with cables or the I/O card as 
another 3.5 inch FD works fine when connected up. I have started to 
hav a fiddle with the jumpers but there are so many permutations (I 
can't really unserstand why there as a need for so many jumpers on a 
floppy drive but there you go!) I haven't really got any further. I 
was told that the floppy drive worked when I got it so I wish there 
had been a manual with it!

Al