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Article #19199Re: My floppies won't refresh
From: Bob Davis
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 03:01
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 03:01
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In article <93006.0602030407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> <0407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> writes: >I have a new 486 DX-66 and have found that when trying to install software >from either floppy drive, I often ran into problems. It seemed that >even though I had "Inserted disk #2 in drive B:", the installation program >still detected disk 1. To try to isolate the problem, I booted from a Sounds like a pin 34 -- Change Disk line -- problem on the floppy cable. If the floppy drive problem(s) are on a 3.5" drive, look at the area on the drive near the floppy cable connector. Often there is a small adapter card that adapts between the floppy cable connector and the connector on the drive proper. On that little pc board adapter is often a jumper that can be tailored to make the Change Disk line work properly with different computers. Change the jumper pin to the other position and see if your problems go away. _____________________________________________________________________________ Bob Davis, UofALA alum \\ INTERNET: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com | _ _ | Harris Corporation, ESS \\ UUCP: ...!uunet!x102a!trantor!sonny |_| |_| | | Advanced Technology Dept.\\ AETHER: K4VNO |==============|_/\/\/\|_| PO Box 37, MS 16/1912 \\ VOICE: (407) 727-5886 | I SPEAK ONLY | |_| |_| | Melbourne, FL 32902 USA \\ FAX: (407) 729-3363 | FOR MYSELF. |_________|
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!paladin.american.edu!darwin.sura.net!mlb.semi.harris.com!charybdis!sonny From: sonny@charybdis.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Subject: Re: My floppies won't refresh References: <93006.0602030407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 03:01:06 GMT Nntp-Posting-Host: charybdis.harris-atd.com Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis) Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Message-ID: <1993Jan7.030106.1112@mlb.semi.harris.com> Lines: 23