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From: norlin@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu (Norman Lin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Help with Tandon drive
Summary: Seek Failure
Keywords: disk drive, Tandon
Message-ID: <1990Sep29.161104.26684@uokmax.ecn.uoknor.edu>
Date: 29 Sep 90 16:11:04 GMT
Distribution: comp
Organization: Engineering Computer Network, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
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I recently acquired a Tandon full height, 80 track, 96 TPI double sided 5.25"
diskette drive for $5.00.  At that price it was difficult to refuse.  I was
told that it was in working condition.  When I connected it as drive "a" to
my IBM AT clone and booted from my hard drive, I got the error message "Drive
0: Seek failure."  The disk drive DID, however, exhibit the usual power-up
grind as the head moved from one end to the other.  But it just gives me
the seek failure at boot time, as well as whenever I try to read a diskette
from it.  Perhaps I have some jumpers set incorrectly, but I wouldn't know.
Does anyone have any information on how to get this drive working?

The sticker on the back says:

	Tandon Magnetics Corp
	TM 100-4
	173012-001

A second sticker says:

	TOP ASSY
	173011001

And the last bit of information is

	SERIAL NO
	81427821

If anyone could help, I would appreciate it greatly.

Thanks in advance!

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