Floppy Drives in DOS Compatibility Mode

tiedeman...
Did you try the following:

1) Remove the floppies from your device manager
2) Restart windows and see what does it detects on login
3) If it does not detect your controller and floppies (continue)
4) Go to control panel> Add Hardware> Let it autodetect

Could you try that and post updates?
Regards

As tiedeman said...  
>>Did you try the following:
>>
>>1) Remove the floppies from your device manager
>>2) Restart windows and see what does it detects on login
>>3) If it does not detect your controller and floppies(continue)
>>4) Go to control panel> Add Hardware> Let it autodetect

The only difference I would say is to restart your computer in SAFE MODE and then remove the floppy drive and the floppy drive controller.

I have tried deleting the floppy drive controller and restarting. Windows detects and installs the controller but it shows up with the yellow circle and says the device is not present or not working properly. I get the same result with both the old mother board and my new one.
Mike

tiedman...

When you upgraded your motherboard, you didn't change the controller with it right??
What was the system you had, and what is the system you have now.
I need details, so I can figure out what the problem is.

In the mean time could you do the following too:

1) On the desktop, right click on My Computer, select properties, then select the Device Manager tab.
2) Click on the little plus next to the Floppy disk controllers to expand it
3) Click on standard floppy disk controller.
4) Select properties from the bottom
5) In that window (In general, it would say that that device if not working...) that's fine just select the Resources Tab
6) There you would see, on the bottom what devices is it conflicting with (it looks like you have moved your same problem to the new motherboard)
7) I want you to tell me:
   * which I/O address is it using
   * which Interupt request
   * which DMA is it using

8) I want you also in the device manager to click on computer, then select properties from the bottom, and note all the IRQ used and post the list here.

I know I'm asking too much, but this is the only way I can help you.

Regards

Both motherboards have on board floppy controllers which is why I thought the new board would get the floppys into 32 bit mode.

Old System: Pentium 90 w/floating point error, intel chipset PCI bus, 8 megs RAM (when Windows 95 was installed), 1.44meg floppy, 1.2meg floppy, Irwin tape drive (later found  not supported by Windows 95 and maybe the cause of the Windows 95 installation problem), Diamond Stealth 64 w/ 2megs VRAM, Panasonic 2X CD ROM, New Com 8X IDE CD ROM, Reveal SC400 16 bit sound card.

New System: Pentium 166MMX, VX chipset PCI bus, 32 megs RAM, 1.44 meg floppy, 1.2 meg floppy, Diamond Stealth 64 w/ 2megs VRAM, Panasonic 2X CD ROM, New Com 8X IDE CD ROM, Reveal SC400 16 bit sound card.

Floppy Controller shows no conflicts and:
DMA 02
I/O Range 03F2-03F5
IRQ 06

IRQ Usage:
00  System Timer
01  Keyboard
02  Prog Interrupt Cont.
03  Com 2
04  Com 1
05  Sound Card
06  Standard Floppy Cont.
07  LPT 1
08  CMOS Clock
09  MIDI
10  Sound Card
11  Modem
13  Numeric data processor
14  Standard Dual PCI IDE Cont.
14  Primary IDE Cont.
15  Standard Dual PCI IDE Cont.
15  Secondary IDE Cont.

I really think the problem lies in the software,I don't rember what the Microsoft tech did but I remember he said "We don't use the floppy drives too much so we don't care how fast they go, do we?" before we did it.

I'm happy to provide any information you need, thanks for the help.

Mike

Mike: When you installed your motherboard, did you format your hard drive and start over or did you just swap the drives?

I also notice that VX chipset you do not have the Intel Bus Mastering drivers installed. Did your motherboard come with any software or software notes?

What type of mouse do you have, serial? or PS/2?

I suspect that your motherboard is either not setup properly or that the required drivers for the chipsets on the board have not been installed.

Please provide us with the exact motherboard manufacturer and board model. This will help us to help you.

Best regards,
Dennis

Hehe, I think your problem is simple, so my guess:
1) enter to BIOS Setup (press <DEL> ...)
2) Check floppies setups (sizes ...)
3) Check in Advanced config Floppy swap. It must be disabled.

Busuka:
My BIOS already has the "swap floppy drive" option disabled. I don't think the old BIOS even had that option.

Dennis:
I made no changes to the hard drives when I installed the new motherboard.  I have a serial mouse but I can install the bus port that came with the new motherboard and try a bus mouse from the office if it comes to that. The motherboard is a Matsonic MS-5120 and did not come with any software. The chipset is: Vxpro PCIset. The board has an Award BIOS dated 8-97.
I have to comment that the fact that the same problem exists with two different motherboards makes me think the problem lies in a component which did not change like Software on the Boot drive (i.e. Windows registry), the 1.2 meg floppy, or the ribbon cable.
Thanks,
Mike

..., or the virus ?

I don't much like the idea of formatting the drive, it's a big one, but this makes good sense to me. I can't try this for a while as I am in the middle of a project which I don't want to risk. I will post the results when I can try it. I have a copy of OSR2 which I may try if I'm formatting drives. Think that's a good idea?
Thanks very much to all who responded,
Mike

Mike, If you have OSR2, it would defintely work better with your motherboard. When your ready, just post that here and I'll give you the URL address for downloading the OSR 2.1 supplement. If you need any help at all, post that fact here and I'll respond.
Dennis