> FWIW, I've run several different AMD/ECS combos (ECS makes PC Chips > also) and have had very few problems with them. I'm sure that ECS makes some good mobos, my mistake was in going for the mobo that Fry's can sell for a super el-cheapo price. -mj- stu wrote: > On Thursday 29 June 2006 23:17, Craig White wrote: > >>On Thu, 2006-06-29 at 19:09 -0400, A LeDonne wrote: >> >>>On 6/29/06, Mark Jarvis wrote: >>> >>>>Some time ago, in a moment of ill-advised penny pinching I bought one >>>>of Fry's ECS motherboard & AMD cpu specials. (I prefer AMD cpus, it's >>>>the cheapo mobo that has caused me the problems I've had.) I like to >>>>have a Smart Boot Manager (SBM) diskette around as an "insurance >>>>policy" way to boot into the various operating systems on my box. After >>>>installing the new motherboard, I found that although it would boot >>>>from an old DOS diskette, it wouldn't boot from an SBM diskette. I >>>>cussed mildly & accepted it. Then Tuesday, for some reason I tried >>>>again--whaddaya know--it worked! I figured that I must have just had a >>>>couple of bum diskettes when I tried before. Then I tried last night >>>>with four (4) known good SBM diskettes--including the one that had >>>>worked on Tuesday. No dice. I even burned a couple of new diskettes >>>>using the SBM on the Ubuntu CD. Still no dice. If that stupid board had >>>>NEVER booted from an SBM diskette, I'd just live with it, but the fact >>>>that it did boot correctly ONE TIME has me baffled. >>>> >>>>Anyone got any ideas? >>>> >>>>-mj- >>> >>>You did say diskette... wiht intermittent floppy failure I would >>>replace the drive and the cable. My time is worth the $20 to replace >>>first as a highly invasive troubleshooting technique. >> >>---- >>given the reliability factor of both floppy disks and floppy disk >>drives, that's reasonably sage advice except for the one other bit >>advice - don't do floppies. >> >>Craig >> > > I avoid using floppys myself if it's at all possible. When I absolutely have > to use one, I always run a floppy drive cleaner disk through the drive first > to clean out the dust. > FWIW, I've run several different AMD/ECS combos (ECS makes PC Chips also) and > have had very few problems with them. > > Stu > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss