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- Subject: Re: Problem with 3.5" floppy drive (help!)
- Message-ID: <1992Dec18.081657.817@ualr.edu>
- From: showalter@acs.harding.edu
- Date: 18 Dec 92 08:16:56 -0500
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- References: <1992Dec17.183812.7317@pony.Ingres.COM>,<1992Dec18.022913.19683@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec18.022913.19683@zip.eecs.umich.edu>, joy@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Chien-Chung Chen) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec17.183812.7317@pony.Ingres.COM> bonobo@Ingres.COM (David Victor) writes:
- >>I just bought a new 486SX-25 clone system, and I'm pretty happy with it,
- >>except for one thing:
- >>
- >>I do a "DIR B:" (B: is my 3.5" floppy drive) on disk #1, and get a valid
- >>file listing.
- >>
- >>I take out disk #1 and replace it with disk #2, which is known to have
- >>different files on it (verified on 2 other machines).
- >>
- >>I do a "DIR B:" again, and I get the *same* file listing as I had on my
- >>disk #1!
- >>
- >>If I reboot the machine and do a "DIR B:" on disk #2, I see the correct
- >>listing of the contents of disk #2 (which again supports my contention
- >>that disk #1 and disk #2 have different files on them).
- >>
- >>In other words, my directory listing is the same for every disk I insert
- >>into drive B: forever, until I reboot. Can anyone tell me what's going
- >>on? Thanks for any help!!
- >>
- >>-David Victor
- >
- David, I've been maintaing the micros here at school for about 3 years and
- I've seen the problem you describe a dozen times or so. So far every single
- one has been fixed by replacing the ribbon cable between the drive and
- controller. I've also been told by TEAC that the "DC" jumper on the drive
- must sometimes be changed....take it off if it's there and vice versa.
- Good luck.
-
- Phil
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