Re: malfunctioning floppy drive
- To: Joshua Sanders <damoj@dslextreme.com>
- Cc: Simon Tierney <simon@conditional-fee.co.uk>, AlphaNT Mailing List <alphant@lyris.sunbelt-software.com>, axp-list@redhat.com, debian-alpha@lists.debian.org
- Subject: Re: malfunctioning floppy drive
- From: Jay Estabrook <Jay.Estabrook@hp.com>
- Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2003 14:23:14 -0400
- Message-id: <[🔎] 20031004142314.A3294@linux04.mro.cpqcorp.net>
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- In-reply-to: <[🔎] 5.1.0.14.2.20031003144713.03d67d88@mail.dslextreme.com>; from damoj@dslextreme.com on Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:47:56PM -0700
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On Fri, Oct 03, 2003 at 02:47:56PM -0700, Joshua Sanders wrote:
>
> This may seem obvious, but have you checked the cable on the back of the
> Floppy? Is pin 1 aligned correctly?
I think you are correct on this - the cable is twisted 180 degrees,
either at the mobo or at the floppy drive.
The giveaway was that the activity light stays on constantly, which is
always caused by this particular type of mis-cabling.
Good luck.
--Jay++
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