02-17-2018, 03:05 PM
Well, either your cable is shorted to +5v, the drive is bad and shorting the write gate to +5v, or one of the two buffer chips is bad. How do you know for sure that the write gate is not changing states? What pin are you looking at?
Your screen shot of the flux shows that something is being written.
No, the IEC connector pins shouldn't be bridged. There is no support for the IEC connector, so that is not tested. You can just desolder the bridge or leave it and I will do that if you have to send your board back.
Do you have another cable and another drive to try?
Your screen shot of the flux shows that something is being written.
No, the IEC connector pins shouldn't be bridged. There is no support for the IEC connector, so that is not tested. You can just desolder the bridge or leave it and I will do that if you have to send your board back.
Do you have another cable and another drive to try?