Re: Disk II card dead?

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

T Owad writes ...
> 
> I connecting a second Disk II drive to my Disk II card and misaligned the
> connectors.  The result upon turning it on was a statick clicking noise.
> I turned it off connected the drive correctly and tried again.  Now I
> can't load any software off disk.  Is the Disk II card dead?  Are the IIe
> and Drives all right?
> 

     Try removing the drive which was connected incorrectly. If your system 
boots from the remaining drive (connected in the Drive One position), this 
is a fairly good indication that the Disk II card and IIe are okay and that 
the removed drive is messed up.

     If it looks like a drive is bad, remove the cover and inspect the 
drive's main circuit board for blown components. If nothing obvious shows 
up, a decent fix try is to replace the 74LS125 IC on the drive's main 
circuit board.  


Rubywand