OK so I have blown a fuse on a disk drive tonight - and still not resolved the issue with my Gold Card....
How did I blow the fuse? Well I have 2 x bare ED disk drives and was going to fit them into a case. They are jumpered as DS0 and DS1 to enable easy installation! I powered flp2_ (DS1) and connected it to my Gold Card - the stripe was on the side numbered 1 on the 34 way connector on the disk drive. Drive was on constantly, so I turned the cable over and the light goes out. DIR flp2_ and the QL tries to read a disk. OK - puzzling about Pin 1 but what the heck. OK then connect flp1_ (DS0) the same way. Before I touch it with the power cable (I had forgotten to turn off the psu), I plug in the flat ribbon and BANG goes the fuse - now why?? turning the cables over should never cause this, whether the drive is powered or not! Yes the other end was connected to the Gold Card, but the QL was off OK turn off the power. Gold Card and QL on its own working. OK. Turn it off. Reconnect the disk drive (flp2_ ) to see if that is still ok. Turn everything on. QL makes the horrible noise from the speaker I was getting with the two JM ROM version QLs before. Turn off everything. Disconnect the disk drive - power on the QL on its own - fine Plug in the Gold Card - again the horrible noise. By the way, the one machine which had started working with the Gold Card when I upgraded it to JS ROM, stopped working with it again last weekend. Any suggestions!? -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services URL:http://www.rwapsoftware.co.uk URL:http://www.rwapservices.co.uk _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
