Re: OT: floppy drives suck (was Re: OT: power supplies suck)

["L. V. Lammert" <lvl@omnitec.net>]

At 03:35 PM 5/23/2003, you wrote:

>Well, you know, after that rant, it turned out it wasn't the old power
>supply at all.  There must be a short in the floppy drive.  (Figure
>that one out...)  Both power supplies failed to power up the system or
>light up the tester as long as the floppy was connected...  With
>*everything* else in the box connected, either one worked fine.

Might have been the connector ON the floppy - plug it on one pin off and 
viola - DEATH. Luckily, the PS will come right back when you take the power 
connector out.

>Anyone have any other suggestions?  I *very* rarely need a floppy, but 
>when I do, it's a major pain not having
>one...  Since there's no floppy on my laptop, a USB drive might be
>handy there too...

Bootable CDs are better, ... how about NFSing it?

         Lee

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    Leland V. Lammert                                lvl@omnitec.net
       Chief Scientist                         Omnitec Corporation
   Network/Internet Consultants              www.omnitec.net
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