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pacman@mpx.com.au (Paul Clyne) wrote:

>Hopefully this is the correct news group.  If not my apologies..
>
>I recently had a machine's on-board IDE controller fail and seeing as
> the the board was slow I replaced the motherboard (with a future view
> to replacing the CPU).
>
>I purchased a SERVEX TX531 motherboard and installation was a breeze.
>
>But I have a problem.  Whenever I access the FDD the system misbehaves.
> Either GPF's or blue screen of death in W95 or a lock-up or reboot in 
> DOS.
>
>The system seems perfectly stable at all other times (HDD, comms, 
>video,etc)
> 
>I have checked cables,jumpers, reloaded W95, replaced the FDD (just in 
> case) and just about everything else.  I say just about as I am  
> obviously missing the cause.  The web site for servex has been no help. 
>
>Can anyone out there suggest other items that I should check.  I am 
> starting to get desperate, so any help would be appreciated.
>
>Please respond by email as I may not make it back to the news groups for 
> a while.
>

Dunno.  Could be a DMA problem, although you said the motherboard has been
replaced. Could be a virus.

Do you have any other FDD controllers, like in an ISA I/O card ?

Do you have any other FDD Devices, like a Tape Drive ?

Do you have a sound card ? Which one ?

Do you have any Anti-Virus utilities ? What ?

Are the diskettes compressed ?

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