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Date: Fri, 30 Aug 1996 23:17:27 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu>
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To: Darius Moos <moos@degnet.baynet.de>
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Subject: Re: Problem: AHA-2940 and Floppy-controler = no bootup
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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?

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

> > > 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