Teac FD-55GFR 5 1/4" Drive

From: Fred Cisin <cisin_at_xenosoft.com>
Date: Thu Jun 19 17:43:00 2003

On Thu, 19 Jun 2003, Hoke, Jeffrey wrote:
> Hi - I am trying to install a Teac FD-55GFR 5 1/4" drive into a Pentium 200 mhz computer. Upon trying to read the drive I get a "General Failure Trying To Read Drive A" error message. I have the drive connected to the end of the ribbon cable, and the drive is designated as drive A. Also, I noticed that there are some switches (I forgot what they are called - upright posts where you couple a pair together using a U-shaped something or another) on the bottom of the drive. How should these switches be set? Also, could my problem be that I am not using a correct BIOS?

Set the CMOS for the correct type of drive ("1.2M")
Try to FORMAT a disk with it.
Tell us WHAT BIOS you have, and EXACTLY what OS you are using.
Received on Thu Jun 19 2003 - 17:43:00 BST