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Article #19126Re: My floppies won't refresh
From: Dave Laird
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:55
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 20:55
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0407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA writes: > My thought is that booting from a floppy like this eliminates a > problem with config.sys or autoexec.bat.. Also I don't see any connection > to the fact that it is a 486-66. Has anyone any experience with such a > problem? Don, I just posted a message _very_ similar to yours last week, regarding a refresh problem in Windows. I have yet to find an answer. I do not, however, believe that the problem is based on the speed of the processor, as I have encountered this little gem across a wide variety of systems and speeds. I have never found a cure for it. It just IS. Sometimes, changing the floppy drive in question, or the cable seems to help, but sometimes not, too. I'll sit here and see if you get any answers that deal with "changeline" support, which is where some folks have said to look. But that requires using DRIVER.SYS. I personally think it is a minor hardware problem combined with a software problem. -- davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) IEAx for lack of a better name... (509) 624-0744
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!isc-br!tau-ceti!comtch!davel From: davel@comtch.spk.wa.us (Dave Laird) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: My floppies won't refresh Message-ID: <gy4ywB2w165w@comtch.spk.wa.us> Date: 6 Jan 93 20:55:03 GMT References: <93006.0602030407658@QUCDN.QueensU.CA> Sender: bbs@comtch.spk.wa.us (Waffle bbs) Organization: Waffle BBS at CompuTech Spokane, Washington Lines: 22