Yes, disabling the one controller in Device Manager disables both
controllers. Only one Floppy is enabled in BIOS, I have tried not having
either drive enabled in the BIOS and it still finds 2 controllers in
Windows...
"bamer127" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Have you tried disabling Floppy B: in Bios, and /or
> setting one of the floppy controllers to disabled in the
> device manager?
> Just a thought.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >I have seen this posted before and there was no reply...
> Why wouldn't anyone
> >reply?? It seems that Gateway machine have a problem
> with Win2K.
> >
> >Here is the previous post
> >
> >"Just did a clean install of Win 2KPro on a 1999 Gateway
> 450 desktop.
> >Very odd problem, Windows lists two Floppy Disk
> Controllers that are
> >using the same resources so they are conflicting each
> other and
> >neither are available, thus no floppy available. There
> is only one
> >floppy disk installed in the computer.
> >
> >If I uninstall one of the floppy disk controllers, the
> other becomes
> >available with no conflicts and the floppy disk is
> usable again. But
> >when I reboot it finds new hardware and installs the
> second controller
> >again, creating the same conflict.
> >
> >I have tried removing both and restarting, I get the
> same result. Is
> >there a different bios setting for floppy with Win 2K vs
> 98?"
> >
> >I have contacted Gateway and they claim that it is
> a "WINDOWS" issue... if
> >so then why can't anyone come up with an answer?
> >I've checked the MSKB and no luck... I've looked through
> this newsgroup...
> >no luck.
> >Can anyone answer this post?
> >
> >Thanks
> >
> >
> >
> >.
> >
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