I'm sorry about hte posts. They got mixed up since one was regarding the aquisition of a new lisa while the other was only related to the floppy drive.

I was looking at the cable yes. The drive itself is working .I have already put it back on my plus (ouch!) but i'll open it up and check the model for you. My other theory is that the cable is in bad shape.

I'm not using the long cable that comes from inside the lisa. I'm modifying the little one that is on the metal casing taht holds the floppy drive and harddrive. The big one connects to this smaller cable through a connector at the back of the hardrive/flppy drive holder case.

I'l look closely because it's possible that i actually got them mixed up the other way round. In that case i would need a new cable to test, however i don't seem to have one :S anybody with spare ones to sell me!?

thanks

UPDATE: the drive model is the one you say! i guess there's still hope. I need another cable to try.