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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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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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