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Subject:    Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup
From:       Darius Moos <moos () degnet ! baynet ! de>
Date:       1996-08-31 10:47:35
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Doug White wrote:
> On Fri, 30 Aug 1996, Darius Moos wrote:
> > there is no floppy-controller on the motherboard;
> > therefore my friend used the floppy-controller on the IO-card.
> Odd.  Is there an option to disable it in the BIOS, and if so, is it
> turned off?

There is no option in the BIOS regarding the floppy-controller.

> Is something using the floppy controller IRQ (irq 3 I think)?

It is IRQ 6 and there are no conflicts.

> > > > have to ask this for a friend.
> > > > Here we go:
> > > >   Hardware:
> > > >     - SOYO-Pentium-mainboard
> > > >     - Adaptec 2940 without floppy-connector
> > > >     - IO-card with floppy-controller
> > > >   Symptoms:
> > > >     - When booting with the above hardware, the memory gets checked
> > > >       by the BIOS correctly and then when the Adaptec is in turn,
> > > >       the bootup-process just stops before the Adaptec gets active
> > > >       to scan the SCSI-devices and the machine hangs.
> > > >     - the happens with a different floppy-controller.
> > > >     - when taking any floppy-controller out of the machine, the
> > > >       BIOS-bootup gets to the Adaptec, the Adaptec installs his BIOS
> > > >       without problems and the machine runs fine.
> > > >   Question:
> > > >     - Anyone else had similar problems and knows a solution or a
> > > >       workaround ?
> > >
> > > Disable the floppy controller on the I/O card and use the one built into
> > > the motherboard, or vice versa.  Both are enabled and they are
> > > conflicting.
> 
> Doug White                              | University of Oregon
> Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
> http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major

Darius Moos.

email: moos@degnet.baynet.de

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