antiquekid3
Veteran Member
Hey guys,
I recently got a boat load of computer stuff from the late 90s. With it were some Asus motherboards. These have 6 PCI slots, one AGP slot, and one 16-bit ISA slot. As many of you may recall, I recently got an IBM 5160. The MFM hard drive is already starting to go. Several times it has refused to boot. Finally I turned the drive upside-down, and it's been more reliable. However, I'd like to make a full backup of this drive before it finally hits the dust.
I have a Panasonic 5.25" drive (JU-475-2), but it refuses to work in this motherboard. I have the floppy cable connected correctly (I have triple-checked), and I set up the jumpers according to this PDF: http://www.alphamicro.com/dss10/40200A03.pdf. I have tried configuring it in the BIOS as both a 360K and 1.2M drive. No difference. The LED isn't even lighting. However, the drive does spin until I insert a disk and fold down the lever. It slows to a halt. Until I remove the disk it won't move. Any suggestions? I was going to install this so I could copy files from the IBM to floppies, and then copy them onto the new computer (running Win98, by the way).
I took out the Tandon drive from the IBM, and it works great. I would rather keep it in the IBM though...plus, it's full-height, and I want some more drives in my tower.
Also, how can I connect my MFM drive to my motherboard? Will an 8-bit card work in a 16-bit slot? What do I need to do in the BIOS to get it to work? That would make copying files VERY easy.
Lastly, can I make a disk image once (or if) I get the MFM drive connected? With that image, could I copy it to an IDE drive and boot from it?
What would ya'll do if you wanted to preserve the contents of the drive?
Kyle
I recently got a boat load of computer stuff from the late 90s. With it were some Asus motherboards. These have 6 PCI slots, one AGP slot, and one 16-bit ISA slot. As many of you may recall, I recently got an IBM 5160. The MFM hard drive is already starting to go. Several times it has refused to boot. Finally I turned the drive upside-down, and it's been more reliable. However, I'd like to make a full backup of this drive before it finally hits the dust.
I have a Panasonic 5.25" drive (JU-475-2), but it refuses to work in this motherboard. I have the floppy cable connected correctly (I have triple-checked), and I set up the jumpers according to this PDF: http://www.alphamicro.com/dss10/40200A03.pdf. I have tried configuring it in the BIOS as both a 360K and 1.2M drive. No difference. The LED isn't even lighting. However, the drive does spin until I insert a disk and fold down the lever. It slows to a halt. Until I remove the disk it won't move. Any suggestions? I was going to install this so I could copy files from the IBM to floppies, and then copy them onto the new computer (running Win98, by the way).
I took out the Tandon drive from the IBM, and it works great. I would rather keep it in the IBM though...plus, it's full-height, and I want some more drives in my tower.
Also, how can I connect my MFM drive to my motherboard? Will an 8-bit card work in a 16-bit slot? What do I need to do in the BIOS to get it to work? That would make copying files VERY easy.
Lastly, can I make a disk image once (or if) I get the MFM drive connected? With that image, could I copy it to an IDE drive and boot from it?
What would ya'll do if you wanted to preserve the contents of the drive?
Kyle