Date   : Thu, 13 Sep 2007 12:05:53 +0100
From   : tom@... (Tom Kranz)
Subject: 3.5' Drives (Again..)

On 13 Sep 2007, at 10:15, Alex Taylor wrote:

> Something I have noticed is that some modern PC drives do still have a
> drive 0/1 selection. They're just not jumpers any more, rather they're
> usually small soldered links or solder pads for SMT resistors.

I've converted several cheap Sony 3.5" drives I picked up from Ebay -  
they usually go for under ?5.

It's easy to see where DS0 and DS1 are on the drive's PCB - put a  
jeweller's flat bladed screwdriver against the solder blob for DS1,  
smack the end lightly with a hammer, off comes the solder with no  
damage to the PCB. Put a new blob of solder over holes for DS0. Takes  
about 5 mins, very easy to do.

Also this might be of some interest:

http://matthieu.benoit.free.fr/pdf/skettes.pdf

Cheers,
TOM

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