Date   : Mon, 04 May 2009 19:59:20 +0100
From   : philpem@... (Philip Pemberton)
Subject: faulty floppy drives

naz sajid wrote:
 > The teac is a 5.25" drive so ist it possible to play with the jumers for 
7271 compaqtibility? If so, how?

A 5.25" 720K? Bit of a rare beast AIUI.

It should work fine, but you're going to need a datasheet to find out what the 
jumpers do.

 > thats what I thought and used a tester to check for continuity between the 
pins and the connections on the PCB so I don't think its a dried joint etc.

By pressing on the pins, you may well have put them under enough mechanical 
stress to "make" the connection.

I'd still resolder them. Moving the power connector making the drive work 
still points to a dead solder joint.

 > Is it still not possible, from the info, that the capacitor
 > is faulty?

It's possible, but unlikely.

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