Hi Rich, You must surely have something else in which to check the drives ?
I never used ED's but never seen fuses on flp's or HDD's You did pump juice into your GC when you connected, did you create or aggravate a problem on the card ? DT At 20:35 17/03/2008 +0000, you wrote: >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 > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG. >Version: 7.5.519 / Virus Database: 269.21.7/1331 - Release Date: >16/03/2008 10:34 _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
