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    floppy disk problem!

    I have a problem with my floppy disk drive.

    I get this message whenever I try to copy and paste a file on the A-drive (floppy): "I/O device error, could not copy file"

    I thought it was a faulty drive (as it was old) so I spent $15 to buy a new one.

    SAME PROBLEM. argh!

    BUT, it WILL work if I am using Word (XP) for instance and save to drive A with no problems.

    I suspect it is a windows problem. ANy help would be greatly appreciated!

    FYI, my system uses Windows XP (Hardware, K7S5A, amd xp1600, )

    Thanks,
    Adam

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    2 otther things you might have not Checked yet

    the Floppy cable

    the Floppy Power

    and most likely the Mobo Floppy controller being Dead

    i've had a Mobo that had its FDD controller die out of the blue on me

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    Sounds like a problem in windows rather than with your actual floppy drive..


    Try running scandisk.

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    Win98 can get system corruption which results in this behavior. Try all you can, but reinstalling Windows from scratch may be necessary.
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    Check whether you have a really oooooooold BIOS in that K7S5A. The earliest BIOS releases (from when this board came out two years ago) had a floppy write problem. Release history has it this was fixed in BIOSes 2001/09/19 and all later ones.

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    Thanks for the suggestions..

    I agree it's a windows problem. My cable is fine (even tried a diff one just for the VERY slim chance...), power ok (300W).

    I bought the K7S5A last summer, and I am sure it is a recent bios. I will recheck tomorrow just in case.

    Reinstalling windows?? Noooooooooooooo...not again! lol. Maybe I will try scandisk and then perhaps a "repair" of windows to see if that helps.

    I looked at the Microsoft homepage and did a search of my problem. They had an article about something VERY complicated which may explain my problem. Something to do with stepping up the processor from CAS 2 to CAS 3, latency times being too long, or not long enough (Or something to that effect)? This apparently goes hand in hand with the error message I get for my floppy disk under Windows XP they say and causes problems with read/writing. The solution was ghastly and had to do with tampering with the registry. There is NO way I would even try that without exhausting all other possibilties as that could have dire consequences.

    Any thoughts?

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    I believe Peter was correct. It may simply be the bios. I checked the ECS web site and they said there are some issues with the FDD not working in Windows 2000, etc.
    http://www.ecs.com.tw/faq/faq_spec.a...&PRODUCT_ID=74

    I have NEVER done a flash before and it scares me to heck. Which utility should I use and what's the best way to do it?

    Thanks

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    Just follow the instructions posted with a floppy formatted as an MSDOS Startup disk in WinXP.

    http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/flashAMI.html

    I usually rename the ROM file to NEWBIOS.ROM for convenience. I rename the flasher to FLASH.EXE too for the same reason.

    http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/bios/k7s5a021001.exe

    http://www.ecsusa.com/downloads/bios/aminf335.exe
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    Before I do this...

    Shouldn't I just update my bios to the latest version? WOuldn't the latest bios version include all of the fixes in the earlier releases? Or do you have to flash them sequentially?

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    Every single BIOS release is a complete replacement of whatever was in there before. Just use the latest.

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    Will do, thanks

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    Ha ha!

    It worked. I flashed the latest bios version from ECS and I can now copy files to my FDD!

    I am always surprised when computer problems are fixed that easily.

    Thanks for your help guys. This is definitely the best forum for computer help on the net!

    Adam

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