Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!rutgers!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf From: wcf@psuhcx.psu.edu (Bill Fenner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Hard drive / controller problems Message-ID: <248@psuhcx.psu.edu> Date: 16 Jul 88 22:41:08 GMT References: <222@psuhcx.psu.edu> <16800327@clio> <230@psuhcx.psu.edu> <4452@sphinx.uchicago.edu> <1393@ddsw1.UUCP> Reply-To: wcf@psuhcx (Bill Fenner) Organization: Penn State University Lines: 16 In article <1393@ddsw1.UUCP> karl@ddsw1.UUCP (Karl Denninger) writes: | |Note that floppy cables w/twists, while very similar in appearance, twist a |different number of wires. DO NOT USE a twisted floppy cable for a HD -- |all kinds of bad things can happen, although all you usually end up with is |a drive that doesn't work. | Actually, I think this may be what happened to me. From a quick count, it looks like 10-16 are the lines that are twisted. Is this a floppy cable? If so, that would definitely explain my problems, no? :-) -- Bitnet: wcf@psuhcx.bitnet Bill Fenner | Internet: wcf@hcx.psu.edu | This space UUCP: {gatech,rutgers}!psuvax1!psuhcx!wcf | for rent Fido: Sysop at 263/42 |