On 23 Jun 99 at 0:00, Automatic digest processor wrote:
>>After all the horror stories about doublespace etc I was planning to put one
>>of my reserve hdisk in the machine running since two years without problems
>>with this software.
>>Opened the case and found out that the flat band cable from the card too the
>>hd had no extra connection. Got one from a computer shop, changed the cable
>>and without doing anything with the hd, I only got an error message (forgot
>>what, think it was mentioning a card error, press F1 etc.) put the old cable
>>in and it booted normal. Tried it several times but with the same result.
>>Went back to the shop and exchanged the cable. With the new one just the
>>same. Error message only. So I put everything back in original state and
>>closed the lid.
>>I presumed the first cable at fault but the second, new out of the packing
>>showed the same.
>>Could somebody tell me if there is a difference between e flat band cable
>>with one connection for the hd and the cable with two connectors?
>>Or what else is happening here. Two bad flat band cables perhaps?
>>
I hope you are aware that the end wire that is marked or colored in some way
is to go to the #1 pin on the IDE (is that the type drive?). It sounds like
you might have it backwards. As far as I know there is no difference with an
IDE cable with 1 or 2 HD connectors. One thing for SurvPC users to be aware
of that I found out the hard way is that the DATA cable for MFM or RLL HDs
that have 2 connectors for the HD have a twist like a floppy cable, but the
wires that are twisted are different. I tried unintentionally to use an
MFM/RLL cable for dual floppies and the A drive (this is where the twist is)
would not function. I subbed cables (also another MFM/RLL that I did no know)
and still no go. Finally I noticed the slight difference between the cables
and installed the appropriate cable and all was right. Just something to be
aware of when using older MFM/RLL cables on our surviror PC's.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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