retro-pc_user
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Long story short, I'm trying to get a pair of floppy drives to work in the NEC Versa M/75 (486) so I can install the EXP CD-ROM + SoundNote drivers and TSR software on the hard drive, including games.
I attempted to fix the original drive to no avail and the one that I got off of eBay that was "tested" doesn't work either. Both of these drives are suffering a plague: General Read Error or Sector Not Found. I did clean the heads to no avail and the track motor is working along with the head motor (yes, I greased the rails). I hear clicking noises when I type in DIR A: and it throws either of those errors.
The diskettes work in my other systems without any errors and the drive setup in the BIOS is correct: 1.44MB in size.
Has anyone had an issue with these laptops that cannot read diskettes and where can I find a functioning one or NOS?
Edit: did some cleaning and I took the Ni-Leakium CMOS battery out since it's flat as a pancake (not holding a charge). The original drive works, just not the spare yet.
Edit 2: back to square 1 again. Lemmings won't install at all and it's a hit and miss again.
I attempted to fix the original drive to no avail and the one that I got off of eBay that was "tested" doesn't work either. Both of these drives are suffering a plague: General Read Error or Sector Not Found. I did clean the heads to no avail and the track motor is working along with the head motor (yes, I greased the rails). I hear clicking noises when I type in DIR A: and it throws either of those errors.
The diskettes work in my other systems without any errors and the drive setup in the BIOS is correct: 1.44MB in size.
Has anyone had an issue with these laptops that cannot read diskettes and where can I find a functioning one or NOS?
Edit: did some cleaning and I took the Ni-Leakium CMOS battery out since it's flat as a pancake (not holding a charge). The original drive works, just not the spare yet.
Edit 2: back to square 1 again. Lemmings won't install at all and it's a hit and miss again.
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