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From: oneel@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov ( Bruce Oneel )
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Floppy disk errors.
Message-ID: <ONEEL.91Mar19095937@heawk1.rosserv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 19 Mar 91 14:59:37 GMT
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I'm having problems with my floppy disk/controller.

12mhz clone at motherboard AMI bios (new)
herc graphics board (from my old xt)
rll disk controller, with 1 30 meg hd (from my old xt)
floppy controller with 1.44 meg floppy (new)

At 12 mhz and 0 wait everything works works from dos.  The floppy is
unusable at either 6 mhz or with 1 wait state.  So, why am I
complaining?  My copy of fastback (9/88) claims the floppy fails the
low speed dma test and the AMI bios diagnostics keep telling me the
floppy fails.  What's wrong? 

Thanks!!!

bruce
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