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Several weeks ago I posted about problems I was having with a cable for my AT
Bridgeboard.  I now have a seemingly working cable, but my Bridgeboard still
doesn't work.

The symptoms:
1)  I get the following message when I try to boot the PC:
	Boot failure, check disk and press any key to try again.

2)  When I reboot, I used to get the message Drive 0 Configuration Error.
	The Bridgeboard manual says this is normal, but it also says that I
	should get a message like Default Parameters Loaded that informs me
	the system has figured out what drive I have.  I only get the error
	message.  After using the Setup program to tell the system I have a
	1.2 Meg drive, I stopped getting this message.

3)  When I was trying to boot the system, I noticed that the disk never spins
	when the drive select light is on.  I get the "grind grind" sounds that
	normal PC's make when I reboot, and the drive light comes on, but the
	drive doesn't begin spinning until the select light goes out.  Then
	when the drive is selected a second time after the reboot, the disk
	immediately stops spinning until the light goes out again, at which
	point it begins spinning and continues for several seconds.  If it
	makes any difference, I have a Chinon drive with jumpers on the 
	1,2,10,and 13 positions.  My cable is untwisted, so I had to move
	the #3 jumper to position #2 to make the drive answer to DS0.

What I've done:
1)  I checked the cable with an ohmmeter, and it seems to be fine.

2)  I tried two other boot disks, including the one I used to use with my XT
	Bridgeboard, but I always get the same message.

3)  I removed the Bridgeboard, removed the daughter board, pressed all chips
	into their sockets, replaced the daughter board, and tried again.

If anyone has any suggestions as to how I can diagnose and fix my problem, I'd
really like to hear from you.  I have a directory of Amiga software here on
my sun, and I need the Bridgeboard to be able to get it to the Amiga.

-brett

|Brett Coon           |  uunet!smosjc!brett                       |
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