Steven Hirsch wrote: (snip)
Besides, in my case I AM using an HD 3.5" drive, just in LD mode...
I genuinely am not sure of this, but doesn't the drive drop the write current in LD modes? If 3.5" drives are different, can you point me to some documentation to confirm this?
Yes, 3.5in drives are different. For 5.25in the controller tells the drive which density it is using, and the drive adjust the write current appropriately. For 3.5in the drive uses the hole (that isn't for write protect) and adjust the write current. If you put in a 3.5HD disk and convince the controller to write in DD (non-HD) mode it will write DD data using HD write current. It should be readable on DD drives, though I wouldn't guarantee it. -- glen