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Going to try and disable the BIOS. If that doesn't work, I'm at a loss since it can operate without the BIOS. My only thought is I...

I have an ATI 8514/Ultra dual bus video card (Microchannel and ISA). I did something stupid years back and now I need to fix it. I...

Don't know if this is your issue, but I had two of these drives that wouldn't spin up, so I started with the drive board on the back. I...

The first HD I got was in an IBM 50Z and was a whole 30MB. If I knew more about how I trapped myself into a corner buying a PS/2...

Standard DOS format won't accomplish the same? If it's an alignment issue, wouldn't it have issues reading and writing a factory...

So many possibilities! I tested the cable and controller by replacing the drive with a Teac FD-55GFR and it works for both disk types...

I spoke too soon. It's been almost 3 days and the time and date have stuck, as well as the configuration. Not sure how long the cell...

Right now I have a hardcard in the AT clone, but when it dies, I will go the XT-IDE route like I did on my 5150. My need is to...

Well I realized I skipped a step in testing. I was so busy trying to figure out why it fails with reading 360s I never bothered to test...

The most involved repair I did was to a pair of IBM drives from a 5150. Had to get a third probe for my oscilloscope to connect to the...

You think this is maintenance? Wait till you have to replace bearings in an 8 inch drive :eek:

I have this controller running my floppy drives as it allows 1.44, but never used the IDE on it. I was thinking of trying out some...

This drive was working fine a day ago. I used it to boot 360K DOS disk to install a Hardcard. I even loaded files to the newly...

It's back to booting, but I can't say what worked. I've given up trying the WD controller as it seems to be the cause. I'm think that...

Well it will post, after messing around with pulling and reinstalling other cards. Here's the situation. I put the card in to test a...