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- 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
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- Reply-To: sonny@trantor.harris-atd.com (Bob Davis)
- Organization: Advanced Technology Dept., Harris ESS, Melbourne, FL
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- Message-ID: <1993Jan7.030106.1112@mlb.semi.harris.com>
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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.
-
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