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Article #54D: drive error -- Press <F1> to RESUME -- Help??
From: Joseph Thomas
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 03:02
Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 03:02
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I recently upgraded to a 386/40-WB motherboard (OPTI) and at the same time, upgraded my disk controller from a wd1003-wa2 (was giving me a 1:2 interleave) to a generic MFM controller made in Taiwan (1:1 and I wanted a second controller). The new controller was purchased in bulk as an OEM type thing and sold through a "surplus" store. (They will warrenty parts and have a nice return policy so I can return this if need be...) but no manuals... So - with the new controller, when I power up/reboot, at the point BIOS checks for drives, it takes ten pokes at drive D (anyone ever here a MAXTOR scream at you??) and then reports: D: drive error Press <F1> to resume Once I continue with F1, there are no problems with the drive. The seller thought the heads/cyls might be wrong, but I set it to 1/1 and get the same problem. Has anyone encountered and/or know a solution for this?? I'd like not to have to return the card as I sure can use the second contoller. (It's cheaper to use the disks I have gethering dust then to buy a new disk/controller combo.) Other info: BIOS - AMI 386 w/Adv setup/Hard disk setup. Dated 7/7/91 Disk - Maxtor XT1085 Thanks.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc,comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!spool.mu.edu!umn.edu!noc.msc.net!uc.msc.edu!uh.msc.edu!jpt From: jpt@uh.msc.edu (Joseph Thomas) Subject: D: drive error -- Press <F1> to RESUME -- Help?? Message-ID: <1992Oct29.030204.14848@uc.msc.edu> Sender: netnews@uc.msc.edu (Network News) Organization: Minnesota Supercomputer Center, Minneapolis, MN Distribution: usa Date: Thu, 29 Oct 1992 03:02:04 GMT Lines: 34