Floppy Drive

[bbwgtr]

A simple question. I have a Mitsubishi floppy drive, I have misplaced the paper work it came with. I need to know where pin 1 is. At this point I don't remember. The drive itself has no markings, & I have forgotten. Outer edge?
Thanks, Gayle

[BrisTech]

One end of the connector should have a pin missing in it's second column. That end is Pin 1.

Or the notch. When the notch is on the top of the connector when looking at it, Pin 1 is on the right.

-------------]NOTCH[---------------
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o Pin 1
o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
-----------------------------------

[bbwgtr]

Thanks, Bristech, notch on the bottom, so pin 1 is on the left.

I thought that's the way it was but I couldn't remember.

Thanks again,
Gayle

[scotter]

look on the pcb board should be marked with a 1,or 2 some ware around the pins at one end are the othere

[Butchk]

Number 1 pin is on the same side as the power connecter. This hold true on cdrom drives also.

[scotter]

that is not always true not on some of the older stuff /forum/smile.gif
but yes on all the new less than 2 or 3 years old cdrom dvd hard drives etc etc #1 next to power /forum/smile.gif

[GVolosky]

Scotter's right the #1 pin is not always on the power connector side of the case especially with floppies......
George

[Underclocked]

Floppies are one of the oldest components still used in these PCs, yet one of the least standardized. How much could it possibly cost to add the pin number 1 and 40 stamped in that thin metal or at least a permanent marking of some type? It's aggravating!

[Target]

One other sure way to tell (ok almost sure-fire) is to simply hook the ribbon cable up to the floppy drive and power the puter on.

If the little light that indicates a reading condition stays on and does not go off after the initial boot up, then its on backwards and you will know you need to reverse it /forum/smile.gif