Re: WinXP not detecting Chinon 5.25" FDD

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You're welcome..

Dave Rodgers wrote:
Thank you. That's exactly what worked. Cheers, Dave

"Thomas Wendell" <tumppiw_nospam@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Dave Rodgers wrote:
A friend/retired Professor asked me to transpose his 5.25" floppy
diskette collection into MS Word or similar format.

Bought a Chinon - Model: FR-506 rev-b, SN#11195759, 5.25" FDD on
eBay. - Path: from mother board, ribbon cable to Chinon 5.25" FDD
(17-pins, gap after 2nd pin on left), to OEM 3.5" FDD last in path
on ribbon cable. Tried several ideas-
CMOS changed A:\ FD controller 3.5" 1.44MB to 5.25" 1.2MB, YES to
Reset Configuration Data (NVRAM), with and without 3.5" FD drive
connected, dozens of restarts.

Jumper Pins: used magnifying glass on circuit board. Reading
from left to right: FG, MS2, D-R, MS1, (sideways) IU, DS3, DS2, DS1,
DS0, TM.

Nine pairs of jumper pins. From left to right - jumpers are on pairs
#2, 3, 7, 9.

The drive spins. I assume its getting power(?). WinXP still does
NOT detect it. Have old PC's handy, all 11-floppies DOS 6.2/Win 3.11
For WG's (just in case).

I'm up for any ideas/suggestions?
Puzzled, Dave

Most new PC's/BIOS's don't support more than ONE floppy, be it a
3.5" or a 5.25"
So just connect ONLY the 5.25 as FD0 (DS0?)at the end of the cable,
copy the contents to your HD, convert the files to a suitable
format, reconnect the 3.5" at the end of cable........


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