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From: ugthomps@cs.Buffalo.EDU (Gregory Thompson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Need help with Seagate 277R 60mb drive
Keywords: ST277r,WD1002-27x controller.
Message-ID: <4263@cs.Buffalo.EDU>
Date: 17 Feb 89 15:53:56 GMT
Reply-To: ugthomps@sunybcs.UUCP (Gregory Thompson)
Organization: SUNY/Buffalo Computer Science
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Greetings,

I am installing a new ST277R drive in an IBM PC with a WD1002-27X controller.
I was informed by the person who gave me this small project that the controller
was already properly configured, and all I needed to do was do the drive
installation per the manual.

This has not worked.  A) The drive makes a HIDEOUS noise when it starts up
(sounds like a carpenter with a hammer)  B) when doing a low level format
the disk manager that came with the drive seems to want to believe that
the drive has 1024 cylinders, instead of  the 820 it actually has.
C) all efforts have pretty much failed.  Yes I used debug as well. 

I told the person I would like to see the controller card manual. 
He trotted off for a day and came back with a manual for a WD1002A-27X
vice WD1002-27X.  Needless to say I am quite frustrated.

Cables are all correctly in place.  Power cable is in fine as well.
Terminator resistor pack is fine (near as I can tell).  Drive select
is correct.  I've pretty much elimated everything except the controller
card.  Does anyone has ANY ideas???  Any help on this would be GREATLY
appreciated.

                    - G