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

[Kara Pritchard <kara@luci.org>]

On 23 May 2003, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:

> On Fri, 2003-05-23 at 15:35, Steven Pritchard 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.
> 
> Your tester must be quite different from mine. Mine plugs into the
> 20-pin ATX connector on the cable coming from the PS. The floppy may as
> well be in Cleveland.

No, it's not different.  If you plug the 20pin into the tester, and the 
other connectors are plugged in (hard drive, floppy, etc) light-ee no 
work-ee.  You unplug the floppy power connector and viola, green light.

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