Hello,
>Well, I bought the thing a new floppy drive, connected pins 33 and 34 of
the
>main board (where it connects to the cable) with a jumper, connected it...
>nothing. It still complains about "disk offline". Any ideas, anyone?
This should work... does the led of the disk-drive go on and off when you
turn on the computer?
Check if there is a D(rive)S(elect) jumper on the diskdrive... many
diskdrives do not have jumpers but are soldered (SMD-resistor!). Be sure
that DS=0 for drive A en DS=1 for drive B.
If there is no jumper, or you can't solder SMD it is possible to solve the
problem... Open the connector at the side of the drive and remove the
flatcable from it... With a sharp knife you can split the cable between wire
9 and 10 en 12 and 13 (over a length of aboyt 4 cm!)... If you turn this
piece of cable (3 wires) 180 degrees and put it back in the connector, DS0
and DS1 are switched from there place!
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