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From: eh1b+@andrew.cmu.edu (Eric David Hornchek)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: 386, AMI & dos Format.......
Message-ID: <4c6EBgS00Uh700iaAW@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 27 Apr 91 04:51:56 GMT
Organization: Class of '91, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Help!

I've replaced the 286-10 motherboard in my AT clone with a 386DX motherboard
running at 16/20 Mhz, with AMI bios w/setup & xsetup in rom (APR 9, 1990).

                            ^floppy
The problem is that all three drives refuse to format floppys.They all report
sector 0 bad and refuse to continue.  They're set correctly in setup, they
can read and write on pre-formated disks, and all other system functions are
working ok.  Two are on a standard MFM hard/floppy card, the other (720k)
is on it's own drive card w/bios.  Ive tried removing the 720k, changing
wait states, other dos versions, pulling all cards out to no avail.

Can anyone help with this problem, or at least provide a phone# for AMI?