Re: Disk Drive?

Scott R. Johnson (srj@key.amdahl.com)
Wed, 15 Jan 92 10:53:28 PST

>Mine died, and I've tried two different drives, and neither one has worked.
>I tried a Sony and a Panasonic drive, and the Sony would have shorted out do to
>a grounding problem, and with the panasonic, the drive light came on and never
>shut off, but the drive wouldn't access.

It sounds like you got the cable to the Panasonic drive on backwards; If you
plug in a 5 1/4" drive backwards, the light comes on and the drive won't access.
Try flipping the cable, if possible; the Teac and Panasonic drives won't necessarily
have the same configuration...

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