Subject: NETFINITY 3500: EMC CLIP REMOVAL TO FIX FLOPPY DRIVE ERROR
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Record number: H164143
Device: D/T8644
Model: M
Hit count: UHC00000
Success count: USC0000
Publication code: PC50
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Date created: O98/07/10
Date last altered: A98/07/13
Owning B.U.: USA
Abstract: NETFINITY 3500: EMC CLIP REMOVAL TO FIX FLOPPY DRIVE ERROR
SYMPTOM:
The following error is displayed when booting the System
to a bootable floppy diskette or accessing the floppy drive
from the Operating System:
"General failure reading drive A"
"Retry / Abort / Cancel"
PROBLEM ISOLATION AIDS:
FIX:
The EMC Clip responsible for the Floppy drive failure
has been removed from the Systems presently manufactured.
WORKAROUND:
Remove the EMC (electromagnetic compatibility) clip
connected to the 3.25" DASD Cage below the Floppy Drive as
follows:
DETAILS:
The Floppy Drive may fail if the EMC clip exerts pressure on
the motor spindle of the drive.
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