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  1. Timkorbs
    I guess I don't know what you mean....It goes from the Gotek directly to the disk controller card. It's now attached to the connection that the floppy drive was formerly connected to. Is that what you mean?
  2. Timkorbs
    I am a newbie to this stuff. I bought a Gotek that I have working as DSK2 supplementing my DSK1 floppy drive. My floppy wont write, so I want to nix that and just use my Gotek as my drive. I removed the cable from the floppy drive and connected the Gotek cable directly to the disk controller. It wasn't working and then I found some information about supposedly setting the jumper in the Gotek, so I moved that up to the supposed DSK0 slot. it still doesn't work. i barely know what I'm doing. Any suggestions??? Thanks.
  3. Timkorbs
    I am a newbie to this stuff. I bought a Gotek that I have working as DSK2 supplementing my DSK1 floppy drive. My floppy wont write, so I want to nix that and just use my Gotek as my drive. I removed the cable from the floppy drive and connected the Gotek cable directly to the disk controller. It wasn't working and then I found some information about supposedly setting the jumper in the Gotek, so I moved that up to the supposed DSK0 slot. it still doesn't work. i barely know what I'm doing. Any suggestions??? Thanks.
  4. Timkorbs
    Great, thank you, all that helps a lot!
  5. Timkorbs
    Quick question, so I'm going to buy a gotek, but what else do I need with that? A ribbon cable?
  6. Timkorbs
    Sweet, thanks!
  7. Timkorbs
    By the way, if I get a gotec drive and my 5.25 drive can still read, is there a way I can copy my software from my 5.25 discs over to the gotek?
  8. Timkorbs
    Thank you
  9. Timkorbs
    One other strange detail about this is that I have tried to save files to a number of different disks and it has ruined the data on the disks. They will not catalog or read anymore because apparently the data is corrupted. just wondering if there is an attempt being made for the drive head to write, but somehow the magnetic "pulses" are not organized correctly and they're wrecking the data?? I've tried formatting as well but it tells me there's a disc error.
  10. Timkorbs
    Hmmm. the internals of the drive look super clean and barely used, but I'm going to take a closer look at what you're talking about and see if I can figure something out.
  11. Timkorbs
    I'm pretty new to this TI computing stuff. So you're saying that there are other compatible disk drives that I could attach as a secondary drive?
  12. Timkorbs
    My new disc controller solved the problem of the drive turning on and off. It reads fine, but it will not write, which was also a problem before I installed the new controller. Anybody have any thoughts on why that would be?
  13. Timkorbs
    So I got my new floppy controller and that solved the problem of the drive not reading. The drive was also continuously turning on and off and that stopped that issue as well. My issue now is that I cannot write to a disk. I can't format and I can't save anything to discs. has anybody ever had a problem where their floppy drive would read but not right?
  14. Timkorbs
    Well, after messing around a lot, I'm thinking it's either that I have a failing floppy controller card or a power supply issue, or both I suppose. The PEB I have is in really good condition. Everything looks super clean including the internals of the floppy drive. I can tell this thing has not been used much. My most recent attempt at fixing this was to order a different floppy controller card as it seems as though the symptoms could relate to that being bad. It's still being shipped to me now, but I'll drop a note in here as to whether it fixes the problem or not. As a kid, I had a TI and a tape drive, but I'm new to the peb. I'm definitely learning as I go! Thanks for the thoughts.
  15. Timkorbs
    I'm not sure what you mean by op. I tried ordering another 32k card because I thought that maybe that was the problem since removing the 32k card stopped the drive from turning on and off. The new 32k card did not help. The floppy drive is also having some issues reading and writing. It won't write at all, but it does read most of the time. I've tried cleaning the head and lubing the rails, etc. Nothing seems to help. My most recent idea was to order a new floppy controller card and that is being shipped to me right now. I'll let you know what happens after that. Thank you.
  16. Timkorbs
    Yep, it works fine that way. I even tried another computer and has the same symptoms.
  17. Timkorbs
    Well, after much restraint, I've decided not to shoot you. Actually, those are some very good thoughts. When I removed the 32k card out of the peb, the drive at least did not turn on and off. the drive is also having other problems reading and it doesn't write. I thought it was a bad 32k card and so I ordered another but that did not solve the problem. Right now, there is another floppy controller card being shipped to me and I am fairly convinced that that may be the problem. If not, it's probably the power supply because honestly the floppy drive looks super clean. Anyway, thanks for the thoughts.
  18. Timkorbs
    I guess that's possible, I tried ordering a new 32k card but that did not solve the problem. now I have another floppy controller card on order from eBay and I'm going to see if that solves the problem.
  19. Timkorbs
    No, I have examined this thing thoroughly and honestly it looks really great inside. Very clean and lightly used is what I would say. I guess it's possible that it got wet, but there sure are no visible signs of that. I ordered a new floppy controller card and I'm going to try that because I think that's a possibility.
  20. Timkorbs
    The timing interval stays exactly the same, but it makes a loud snapping sound as it's doing it because it's lifting up and dropping down the read function of the floppy as it's doing this. So there's kind of a metallic clanging/snapping sound in there and I don't want that to go on for too long or I think there may be damage.
  21. Timkorbs
    The seller was not really too familiar with the PEB I don't know how they had obtained it, but they said they would refund me if it didn't work. I have never gotten the floppy drive to work properly but I've only owned this a couple weeks.
  22. Timkorbs
    Gonna get a degaussing wand and try that, thanks!
  23. Timkorbs
    Yep, I've definitely checked that. There is room also. Weird thing is I tried to save a small basic file on like 5 different good disks and it ruined the data on all of them because now I can't catalog any of them and they don't run the files that were on them! What the??? I have tried formatting disks and that wont work either...It starts to format for about 20-30 seconds and then says "Disk Error"????? However, like I said, I can read disks now, but read them only.
  24. Timkorbs
    So I recently bought a Peripheral Expansion box with a 32k expansion card. I am a newbie at this. When I power the PEB up, the floppy drive initializes and then turns on and off repeatedly every few seconds. Super annoying. I pulled out the 32k card and then the problem stopped. With the card out, it works normally. I figured the 32k card had a problem so I bought another. The new card does the same thing! Any thoughts?? I have cleaned all contacts and inspected everything but nothing seems to help. Something in my floppy drive maybe?
  25. Timkorbs
    Thank you for the help. I watched the video and have made some progress by rotating the stepper motor a bit and it has started reading my disks! For some reason I still cant save anything though??
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