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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: HELP! - non-working disk drive, broken pin
Keywords: disk drive, broken, help
Message-ID: <5600@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 31 Dec 88 23:57:11 GMT
References: <2605@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
Lines: 17

In article <2605@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> muzak@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Stephen F Felicetti) writes:
> ....  Well, the ribbon cable connector proved
> somewhat difficult to remove (I WAS careful to pull it STRAIGHT off), and
> when it finally popped off, it took one of the pins off the motherboard 
> with it!  I looked in HORROR at the broken connector on the board and told
> myself I should NEVER have tried to remove the cable in the first place.

This is most likely the one position that is used for "keying" the connector
so that you can't plug it in backwards and fry the floppy drive.  Well
actually they don't fry, the just sort of spin continuously and zap any
disk you were silly enough to leave in...

Not to worry...
-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: cbmvax!grr@uunet.uu.net
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)