- 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.

I remember having 5.25 hi-density onboard for some PC's, BUT on another
IBM PC ( the first ones) , I also remember having 5.25" drives plugged
NOT into the motherboard - but into a ISA card that plugged into a slot
on the board. The card told OS the details about the high-density floppy
drive. Probably $1 on ebay if you can find it.

If you just want the INFO off the floppies:
http://cgi.ebay.com/5-25-Floppy-Tran...d=p163 8.m118


Thanks!

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--John
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