Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!maverick.ksu.ksu.edu!uafhp!engr!mea1 From: mea1@uark.edu (Mark _E_ Amos) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Disk controller question Message-ID: Date: 23 Jan 91 17:17:33 GMT References: <1991Jan21.153914.19985@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu> Sender: netnews@uafhp.uark.edu Distribution: na Lines: 23 stone@cunixb.cc.columbia.edu (Glenn Stone) writes: >The floppy drive in my IBM-AT stopped working; the startup check reports >it isn't working and it won't read or write (although it is getting power). >I put another drive in it with the same result. What I want to know is... ......(deletions)..... I would venture a guess that indeed you have a component on the board that has gone bad. When you replace the board, just be sure the hard-drive interface is of the same type (i.e. MFM, RLL, etc.) Better yet, keep the one you have, disable the floppy controller portion, and buy a dedicated floppy card, most of which can use up to 4 floppies and of each type (i.e. 1.2M 5-1/4, 360K 5-1/4, 1.44M 3-1/2, 720K 3-1/2). This can prove to be very useful when you least expect it. ......(elaboration available upon request)..... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- mea1@engr.uark.edu University of Arkansas Computer Science Engineering