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Article #19762Re: Slow floppy drive access!!??!!
From: Senthil Ramas Kumar
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:08
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 22:08
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In article <chans.726391175@marsh>, chans@cs.curtin.edu.au (Sean Chan) says: > >Gidday all, > >I was wondering controls the speed the floppy drives are accessed. Ever >since I changed my motherboard from 386DX-33 to a 486DX2-50, I noticed >that it takes me 10 sec. to get a response from a simple dir/w a: or a:. >My motherboard is a UMC chipset, I don't think it's the floppy/hdd >controller because I haven't changed it (from my 386DX - floppy access >there was fast!!). Are there any settings I can do in the AMI BIOS to >speed this up?? > >Another question, what's "Auto Configuration" from Advance Chipset Setup >of my BIOS?? If I disable it, my CPU runs much faster, but has problems >warm/cold booting. > >Any info is greatly appreciated... > >Sean Chan Curtin University of Technology I also have the same damn problem, very slow disk access, it takes me about 7 sec. to do a dir on a: or b:. I even asked about this problem here in this group some 7 months ago, but no one could tell me anything. I really wonder, that in the heck could be causing, such a slow performance. I have a swan 486/33, AMI BIOS, Kumar
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!darwin.sura.net!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!hamblin.math.byu.edu!yvax.byu.edu!cunyvm!psuvm!srk106 Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Subject: Re: Slow floppy drive access!!??!! Message-ID: <93010.170809SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> From: Senthil Ramas Kumar <SRK106@psuvm.psu.edu> Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 17:08:09 EST References: <chans.726391175@marsh> Organization: Penn State University Lines: 21