gsk@idx.com (02/11/91)
-- Hi All.... I have acquired a PRIAM V185 disk drive for my PC/AT clone.. However, no docs came with it. I understand it to be a 7 head, 1166 cyl drive. Can someone verify this for me, and tell me the meanings of the dip switch settings on the logic board? I am having troubles with it in that OPTUNE and CORETEST refuse to recognize the drive, while several other drives I have (CDC, Seagate) work fine with this software. I have tried this on two different machines with different controllers and cables. I am attempting to run it MFM. I understand that this drive is RLL capable. Due to my AT BIOS restrictions, I am running this as a 1024 x 7 drive.. I am not sure what the precomp at this setting is... Would that be critical?? I have no idea of what the drive requires.... The drive came with its rails reversed, so I was thinking it may have come from a workstation and may have been set up for RLL format.. Most other software works fine with it (DOS 3.3) and I do seem to get an occasional reset and retry.. but nothing that ever shows up on my screen... HDTEST seems to work ok.. Most of OPTUNE works fine, until I attempt to test the interleave factors on my disk... then it says the disk is "unavailable"... WELL!.. (Polite manner of saying that it sh** the bed?) Thanks... since the drive in still on warranty from a refurbrisher, I want to make sure it is ok before that 90 days runs out! Any help is greatly appreciated! THANKS! -- George -- ------------------------------------------------------------ - George Kaczowka IDX Corp Marlboro, MA - gsk@idx.com - ------------------------------------------------------------
mlord@bwdls58.bnr.ca (Mark Lord) (02/14/91)
In article <2232.27b6b41c@idx.com> gsk@idx.com writes: <-- Hi All.... < <I have acquired a PRIAM V185 disk drive for my PC/AT clone.. However, no <docs came with it. I understand it to be a 7 head, 1166 cyl drive. Can someone <verify this for me, and tell me the meanings of the dip switch settings on the <logic board? I am having troubles with it in that OPTUNE and CORETEST refuse to <recognize the drive, while several other drives I have (CDC, Seagate) work fine <with this software. I have tried this on two different machines with different <controllers and cables. I am attempting to run it MFM. I understand that this <drive is RLL capable. I have one of these. Works great with my PERSTOR controller, giving 115Meg using only the first 1024 cylinders.. another 15 Meg if I use the rest. Here's what spedstor says about it for MFM use: P r i a m / V e r t e x D r i v e M o d e l s ModelName Cylinders Heads Sectors PreComp LandingZone TotalBytes V185- 1024 7 17 none 1023 62,390,272 V185 1166 7 17 none 1165 71,042,048 The V185- refers to "using only the first 1024 cylinders" for compatibility without adding a driver that supports more. -- ___Mark S. Lord__________________________________________ | ..uunet!bnrgate!mlord%bmerh724 | Climb Free Or Die (NH) | | MLORD@BNR.CA Ottawa, Ontario | Personal views only. | |________________________________|________________________|