First post, by thevdm
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Hi all,
I have been trying to get a 5.25 floppy drive working on a 486 PC and am not sure if there is an issue with the drive (possibly not finding track 0). The drive appears to be a 1.2MB drive as selecting 360k in the BIOS gives a mismatch error.
For context, the setup is:
* 1.44MB 3.5" drive as drive A (after the twist)
* 1.2MB 5.25" drive as drive B (before the twist) <-The drive this thread is about
I have tried multiple combinations of switching between MM/MS, DS0/DS1/DS2 (DS1 appears to be the correct one to use from my research)
What does the drive do:
* The head seeks at boot, drive A seeks, then this drive seeks (as expected)
* When trying to access B: from DOS the light comes on, the head judders a tiny amount then DOS shows an error.
* I did notice that if the drive didn't always park the head back at the start but this seems to be parking in the correct place now (maybe the LED/sensor is dead)
* When a disk is inserted, the drive spins up
* I've done the usual head clean, clean and re-lube rails etc...
These are the jumper settings I have
What would your recommendations be?
Gaming rig: Dell Dimension XPS T500 - PIII 500 - 288MB RAM - Voodoo3 3000 - SoundBlaster Live! Value - DVD-ROM - CD-RW - 3.5" 1.44 - 98SE & 2000 dual boot
A nostalgic pile of laptops from the late 80's to late 90s.