Re: 701 problem, was Re: 701 disassembly

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From: Edwin A Camin (ecamin_at_advi.net)
Date: Thu Aug 03 2000 - 11:53:24 EDT

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From: Vicky Stables <VickyS_at_softhome.net>
To: <THINKPAD_at_cs.utk.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2000 12:30 AM
Subject: 701 problem, was Re: 701 disassembly

Did you boot with the floppy installed? Hot plugging the floppy requires
that it was there at bootup. Then you can unplug/plug at will.

Ed

> Thanks for the link, it is well worth having. I am playing with my 701
> again. The floppy does not work, but it is not the floppy. I had assumed
> it was a system board but I now think it is the cable. The regular
> diagnostic runs fine. The advanced diagnostic does not give any error
> codes but it never writes to the disk, either. When I try to use the
> floppy it spins, but the light never comes on. Different drives, same
> results. Do you know where I can find a pinout listing for the cable?
> Alternatively, does anyone have one for sale for a reasonable sum?
> Unfortunately I don't know anyone in the area with one I could borrow.
>
> Regards,
>
> Vicky
> --
> Anacortes, Washington USA
> ___________________________________________________________
>
> On 08/02/2000 William Van Tuyl <wvantuyl_at_iso.net> said:
>
> >Brad,
>
> >TP vol 2 has the blow ups oon the 701. Get it at
> ><ftp://ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/mobiles/tpvol2.pdf>
>
> >Bill
>
> >Brad Burean wrote:
>
> >> How are is it to remove the keyboard system from the 701? I got a
machine
> >> coming in, and I need to part it out. Any help would be greatly
> >> appreciated.
> >>
> >> Brad
>
>
>

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