pszemkow@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Paul Szemkow) (04/25/91)
In article <1991Apr12.101152.10034@rodan.acs.syr.edu> pszemkow@rodan.acs.syr.edu (Paul Szemkow) writes: >Western Digitall >Fax 714 863 1656 ????? > > >I am trying to connect a Western Digital ESDI controller (WD1007v) to an >IBM 70MB Extended ESDI Fixed Disk Drive (#3988 type 0667). The computer is a >TOP-286 with an 286-BIOS(c) 1987 AMI with a ROM BIOS date of 03-03-89. The >controller works with both floppy drives but does not recognize the fixed >disk at all. With WDFMT Rev 2.10 I get an Error with "Status 11 Error 4". >With EasyDiag I get "Status = 51 Check Error Register, and Error = 4 Abort >Command". I am running with a 150 Watt power supply and power is going to the >fixed drive. The ESDI controller's jumpers are set at: > W7: 1-2 > W1: none > W3: none > W12: none > W6: none > W8: 2-3 > W5: none > >There are two ROMs with the following IDs: > 62 000318-031 WDC '89 > 62 000271-061 WDC '89 > >Any ideas on how to get the controller to recognize the fixed drive? > >Thanks > >Paul Szemkow