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From: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Installing 3.5" 1.44M floppy drive in XT clone.
Message-ID: <7309@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM>
Date: 13 Apr 90 19:56:56 GMT
References: <7946@inco.UUCP>
Reply-To: keithe@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Keith Ericson)
Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton,  OR.
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In article <7946@inco.UUCP> jboggs@inco.UUCP (John Boggs) writes:

[If this isn't in the Frequently Asked Questions file it should be]

>When I installed [a] new [diskette] drive, I wanted it to be the A: drive so
>I removed my old A: drive, left the old B: drive in place, and installed
>the new 1.44M drive as A:.  When I booted the system, the new A: worked
>fine but the old B: kept giving me a "not ready" error.

When installing a high-density 5-1/4" diskette drive, or a 3-1/2" drive, in
a system with a low-density (360kbyte) 5-1/4" diskette drive, pin 34 of the
low-density 5-1/4" diskette drive must be disconnected from the controller
cable.  Some drives have a jumper (sometimes a soldered-in wire) which can
be removed to accomplish this.  I've achieved the desired result by merely
putting a small sliver of Scotch Brand (tm 3M :-) Transparent Adhesive Tape
on the edge card connector, covering the metallic contact for "pin" 34.

kEITHe
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