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From: Bobby on 9 Mar 2006 17:32
Hello, All!

I am trying to run a TEAC FD-505 3.5/5.25 Combination Drive on
Windows 2000 and am having little success getting the machine to
recognize the 5.25 drive. I called TEAC tech support and they told me
that W2K does not support 5.25 1.2mb drives. Is this true? I have
tried both jumper settings and have successfully gotten it to recognize
the 3.51.44 mb as drive A: with no problems. I will try booting up in
DOS and see what I can come up with. In the mean time, has anyone out
there had experience with these drives?

Any help would be appreciated.

Thanks!
Bobby

From: Pen on 9 Mar 2006 18:51

"Bobby" <bwickes(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1141943530.904852.321230(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hello, All!
>
> I am trying to run a TEAC FD-505 3.5/5.25 Combination Drive on
> Windows 2000 and am having little success getting the machine to
> recognize the 5.25 drive. I called TEAC tech support and they told me
> that W2K does not support 5.25 1.2mb drives. Is this true? I have
> tried both jumper settings and have successfully gotten it to recognize
> the 3.51.44 mb as drive A: with no problems. I will try booting up in
> DOS and see what I can come up with. In the mean time, has anyone out
> there had experience with these drives?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!
> Bobby
Does your BIOS recognize 2 floppies? Many modern BIOSes
only recognize one floppy. The Teac is 2 separate drives in
a single case. The jumpers merely decide which is A or B.
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/dta/79788/


From: Bobby on 9 Mar 2006 19:18
Hi, Pen!

Nope, my BIOS only sees A:. When I switch it to 5.25, 1.2MB and
reboot, it still does not see the floppy. I have downloaded the manual
from TEAC and gone both ways with the jumpers. Option A (The default
in those days) shows the 5.25 as A: and the 3.5 as B:. However when I
run that configuration, the bios gives me a floppy(40) error.

Now I called TEAC and they said that W2K will not recognize floppies
at all. Go figure. My DOS ensamble is at work. I will rig up a DOS
DOS tomorrow night and see what happens.

Thanks for the feedback!
Take Care!
Bobby

From: Pen on 9 Mar 2006 20:30
"Bobby" <bwickes(a)gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1141949934.203004.294190(a)j33g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, Pen!
>
> Nope, my BIOS only sees A:. When I switch it to 5.25, 1.2MB and
> reboot, it still does not see the floppy. I have downloaded the manual
> from TEAC and gone both ways with the jumpers. Option A (The default
> in those days) shows the 5.25 as A: and the 3.5 as B:. However when I
> run that configuration, the bios gives me a floppy(40) error.
>
> Now I called TEAC and they said that W2K will not recognize floppies
> at all. Go figure. My DOS ensamble is at work. I will rig up a DOS
> DOS tomorrow night and see what happens.
>
> Thanks for the feedback!
> Take Care!
> Bobby
Sorry I misread your post. The BIOS should read the 5.25. Needless to say
WIN2k and all other Windows recognize floppies if the BIOS does. At this
point
I would guess the drive is defective as the other causes all involve either
the
cable or the controller. You are changing the floppy identity in the BIOS
aren't you?


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