Date   : Mon, 21 Aug 2000 14:22:28 GMT
From   : "Julian Stenning" <julian_stenning@...>
Subject: Floppy Drives

Hi all,

I have two 5 1/4 inch drives connected to my bbc and have a small problem 
which I will try to describe.

On the first drive (sides 0 & 2 from the beeb), when I access a disk I hear 
a 'clunk' just after the drive spins up. I assume that this is the head 
being lowered or something similar. This drive works fine and is reliable.

When I access disks in the second of the 2 drives (i.e. sides 1 & 3 from the 
beeb), I hear a 'clunk-click-clunk' as though the head goes down, then rises 
before going down again. It is hard to tell if the noise comes from 1 or 
both drives. The 2nd drive is often unreliable.

I have swapped the drivers around and get the same results - the drive that 
was reliable also becomes unreliable as the 2nd device.

Sorry to be so vague, but is there something I need to remove/add/modify to 
get both drives working together?

Best regards,

Julian.
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