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Article #43706Re: Floppy drive / controller woes
From: Vera Vallentin-Price
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 22:09
Date: Wed, 07 Mar 1990 22:09
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>>jlb@aipna.ed.ac.uk (John Beaven) said: > >>John> If I start up the machine and do DIR B:, I get the contents of >>John> drive B: as expected. If I then change the floppy in drive b:, >>John> and do DIR B: again, I still get the contents of the first >>John> floppy, even though the light on the drive goes on and it looks >>John> as if the machine is reading it. ... > When I've experienced the problem you described, the cure for me was to move a jumper on the floppy drive from the "A" to the "B" position. Look for it on top of the drive, toward the end (away from the drive opening). You'll find a three pin 90 degree angled connector that may or may not be labeled with the letters A and B. If its not labeled, just move the jumper in the second possible position (always covering two of the three pins). That should take care of your DIR B: problem. Vera.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ucbvax!hplabs!hpda!cadence!vera From: vera@cadence.com (Vera Vallentin-Price) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Floppy drive / controller woes Message-ID: <1990Mar7.220900.7489@cadence.com> Date: 7 Mar 90 22:09:00 GMT References: <2039@aipna.ed.ac.uk> <SORC.90Mar5225815@carina.unm.edu> <1990Mar6.194336.3457@seri.gov> Sender: news@cadence.com (USENET News) Organization: Cadence Design Systems, Inc. Lines: 17