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From: demoydk@iitmax.iit.edu (Enigne Yratorelknaw)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Tandy in trouble
Keywords: Tandy firmware hardware EEPROM
Message-ID: <1991Mar6.181733.29322@iitmax.iit.edu>
Date: 6 Mar 91 18:17:33 GMT
References: <1991Mar6.094622.74@iitmax.iit.edu>
Organization: Illinois Institute of Technology / Academic Computing Center
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In article <1991Mar6.094622.74@iitmax.iit.edu>, demoydk@iitmax.iit.edu (Enigne Yratorelknaw) writes:
> Hi.  I have some massive trouble...I cannot use my floppies any longer!
>
Blah, blah, blah...
> 
> I was attempting in installing high density drives, one for each type
> (3.5 and 5.25).  I tried to install the 5.25, but I didn't bother since
> it didn't have the power connection at the right place, so I said screw it.
> I tried with the 3.5 and got many wierd  things happening.
> 
......verbage cut out......
> 
> Well, for about 3 hours of on and off of the power and many jumper changes
> (both the card and the 3.5 drive), I decided to call it a failure and  return
> the stuff.  But when I loaded my hardware back in (the original low-density
> drives), the computer didn't recognize them properly.  I would get the error
> 'Failure' read error.  I got baffled.  So I thought it would be the EEPROM
> setting since I tried the 'Vanilla' configuration.  No change.
> 

Forget it.  Everything's okay.  Sorry for the scare, if any.

Oh, this kinda brings up a question in mind.  Does anyone know why the
3.5 High Density is not properly recognized?  I cannot get it to run at all.

A friend says it might be my EEPROM/CMOS settings or my BIOS (won't support
the 3.5 High Density).

Please advise...

Thanks.


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