DOCUMENT:Q106216  10-DEC-1993  [W_NT]
TITLE   :Windows NT Stops Responding when You Write to Floppy Disk
PRODUCT :Windows NT
PROD/VER:3.10
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:

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The information in this article applies to:

 - Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
 - Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1
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SYMPTOMS
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If you have a system board with an AMI ROM BIOS on it Windows NT may stop
responding (hang) when you try to write to a floppy disk drive.

WORKAROUND
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To work around this problem, try one of the following:

 - Slow the system down by turning off caching, disabling shadowing
   and/or using the turbo button.

 - If that approach works, enable the caching and shadowing again.
   Then, in the advanced chip set options, try setting the I/O recovery
   options to their maximum value. According to AMI, if I/O recovery time
   is insufficient, device drivers, particularly for UNIX and XENIX will
   fail. The exact description of the I/O recovery options vary from one
   BIOS model to another.

The product included here is manufactured by a vendor independent of
Microsoft; we make no warranties, implied or otherwise, regarding this
product's performance or reliability.

Additional reference words: 3.10 disk
KBCategory:
KBSubCategory: hrdwr

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