- Bobb - wrote:

"John B. Egger" wrote in message
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- Bobb - wrote:

What is the DATE of manufacture Or BIOS date code on the 4122 ? -
something to give me a timeframe.... was it from 1991 ??? or 2002 ???

The Compaq Presario 4122 was purchased new on January 4, 1997.

WHERE are you hooking up the IDE cable for the floppy drive?

There are two adjacent sockets on the MB. One of them is used for a
cable to the hard disk and CD-ROM drive. The cable that was plugged
into the other socket ran only to the 3 1/2" floppy drive. I just
unplugged that one, and plugged in the cable to my 5 1/2" drive.

If you're dealing with first generation pc ( 8080 cpu),

The 4122 uses a 150MHz Pentium CPU.

I suspect that
the original Pc had a controller card for that hi-density 5/25" floppy.

Is 360K considered "hi-density"? I know they came in 180K too, but I'd
think 720K would be "hi-density" and I don't have one of those.

Ok, in 1997 that Pc should now about your type floppy.
( Your drive IS set for MASTER ?) I'm reaching ...
Power off. Disconnect the floppy cable at the motherboard.
With no floppy hooked up - power up.
NOTE the BIOS date /version.
Now go into BIOS.
NOW can you choose your type as an option ? ( just checking - bad
drive/setting etc. )

It will take me a while to find them, but I have old Compaq service CD's
(service Tech) ... maybe some info there ( manual ? ). I'll look in the
next few days. I remember having to INSTALL the CD's ( back in Win95
timeframe) so not sure if I can just browse/pull up info I want in XP.


Wow. Thank you, Bob! I'll follow your suggestions. (I'm using the end
connector on the floppy cable, after the twist, so I think that's
Master. There's another 17-pin female connector on the cable, before the
twist; I tried that (it's probably slave) and the floppy wasn't even
detected so I went back to the end connector.)

That fellow who restores data wants $5 per disk. I'm not THAT curious
about all of my old 5 1/4" floppies!

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--John
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