On Wed, Sep 22, 1999 at 05:01:42PM +0930, Mark Phillips wrote: > Thanks for the replies! > > > That usually means the drives ribbon cable is backwards. make sure > > the red side of the ribbon is aligned with pin one on both ends. > > I switched the cable round and now it works! Thanks! > > My box is so cramped, with the floppy stuck between two hard drives, > that you can't see which is pin 1. But on all the hard drives, pin 1 > seems to be towards the middle of the drive, so I presumed the same > must be true for the floppy. Not so it would seem. Pin 1 is at the > edge for floppies --- unless the cable is plugged into the motherboard > the wrong way round, but I don't think so? Hmm??? Anyway, it works > now which is the main thing.
My experience has shown that pin1 is closest to the power connector -- I think once in a while someone changes it just to have fun with your mind, but they are rare. :) (this holds true for motherboards also! :) Of course, the non-sadistic hardware makers will go forth and actually label their pin1 to make like easier for you... :) -- Seth Arnold | http://www.willamette.edu/~sarnold/ Hate spam? See http://maps.vix.com/rbl/ for help Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature to help me spread!
