🚀 go-pugleaf

On Tue, 11 Mar 1997 00:02:37 GMT, nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk (Nigel
Barker) wrote:

>I have an odd problem with my system based on a Gigabyte GA-586ATE
>motherboard. Anytime that I open up the system & change a component or
>even touch some of the internal cabling when I next power on I get the
>error message:-
>
>Floppy disk(s) fail (C0)
>
>This is from an Award BIOS. I previously had a MR BIOS which generated
>a similar error. It is not merely a floppy failure, neither of the COM
>ports function either although the LPT port is still OK.
>
>The only cure appears to leave it for anything up to several hours
>when the problem disappears. I assumed that there was some conflict
>with one of the other cards & have performed various tests removing
>every card except the video card (Diamond Stealth 3200 S3-968 2Mb
>VRAM) but still the problem persists. I have also tried changing the
>CPU (P75, P200, Cyrix 6x86 P150+).
>
>What could be causing this? Power supply problem? It's almost as
>though I have to wait until some capacitor has leaked to earth.
>
>Ideas anyone?
>--
>Nigel Barker
>nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk

I think that I can answer my own question now. I tried different
floppy cables, a different video card all to no avail. I then put in
an old multi-IO ISA card that I had, disabled the onboard floppy
controller & com ports & now have it working fine. Looks like it's a
failing motherboard.

--
Nigel Barker
nigel@openvms.demon.co.uk