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Off Topic: Floppy drive hardware problem



Hi list

Sorry to post off-topic.

I had a 486 with a floppy drive, which worked fine.

I bought a PII board (biostar TBA), and everything works fine
with it, except this drive. I connected it back (with it's cable)
to the 486, and it worked. I connected to ISA Multi I/O controller
from the 486 to the PII (and disabled on the board many things),
and it worked! This clearly means that the board is bad.
I brought it to the store where I bought it, got it replaced
(with a board of the same series - newer version) and the
drive still doesn't work!
Does anyone have any idea?
I can live with no floppy on the PII - I can access it from the
486. I really only need it for emergencies, to boot from (although
this new board with it's new BIOS can boot from CD, so I am mostly
safe even without a floppy).

Thanks, and sorry for being off-topic,

	didi

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