Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1719
From: Digest <deadmail>
To: "OS/2GenAu Digest"<deadmail>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2008 00:01:52 EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600

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Sunday 05 October 2008
 Number  1719
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Subjects for today
 
1  Re:  Describe - Windows version : bokeny at earthlink dot net
2   Early daylight savings :( : Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
3  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Nicholas Lysaght" <nicholasrf at gmail dot com>
4  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
5  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
6  Re:  Recommendations for remote control program? : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
7  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
8  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
9  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Andrew MacIntyre <andymac at bullseye.apana dot org dot au>
10  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
11  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
12  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
13  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
14  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
15  Re:  Early daylight savings :( : Ian Manners" <deadmail>
16  Re:  Recommendations for remote control program? : Peter Moylan <peter at pmoylan dot org>
17  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at internode.on dot net>
18  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM : Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>

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Date:  Sat, 04 Oct 2008 15:20:03 -0500
From:  bokeny at earthlink dot net
Subject:  Re:  Describe - Windows version

In <100-43e3e548-12692.013 at os2site dot com>, on 10/03/2008 
   at 07:17 PM, "Ian Manners" <deadmail> said:

 Cant even remember what the DEC
>Wordprocessor I used on the VAX was back then.

Was not it MultiMate?

--
Zoltan Bokeny 
bokeny at earthlink dot net
Fayetteville, North Carolina

I will not shop at "Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. of China"!

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 11:03:39 +0930
From:  Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
Subject:   Early daylight savings :(

Hi All,

Once again, daylight savings is here early in SA..

Any clues on what the TZ statement should be?

Currently I have:
SET TZ=CST-9:30CDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

Thanks in advance,

Paul.
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Date:  Sun, 5 Oct 2008 09:39:07 +0800
From:  "Nicholas Lysaght" <nicholasrf at gmail dot com>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Hi Ed.

You must be really good at reading minds. :-)

I was wandering around the usual computer haunts, trying to keep myself
updated in case the M2N-TVM gave up for some reason. Well, it looks like
that may happen to me too.

It appears that the closest thing our local shop (Austin Computers) have to
the TVM, is the M2N-MX, but I cannot find any specs on their website about
what LAN or Soundcard chipsets it uses. It seems to have the 2+1 PCI Slots
though, as well as the PS2 inputs for keyboard and mouse.

Think I might stretch the net a bit further now.

Regards

NICK

On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>wrote:

> Hi,
>
>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I
> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller failure
> Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does not work) - yes I
> do need the floppy drive from time to time!
>
>  I've checked the usual culprits,checked cable seating and replaced it with
> a known good cable. Replaced the floppy drive itself with a known good
> drive.
>
>  I've cleared the CMOS to check this wasn't a corrupted CMOS memory issue -
> no change.
>
>  I have also back-leveled the BIOS as that was a recent change to the
> system.
>
>  All of the above has not helped.
>
> I have one free PCI slot in the system, but I cannot find anyone
> advertising a PCI floppy disk controller, I suspect if I did find one, it
> would cost more than the motherboard in any case!
>
> The board is (of course) out of warrenty and I can't think any company
> would repair a faulty on board floppy disk controller any more.
>
> So I'll be searching to see what I can find, that is fairly current and can
> take the components from this board. I could simply buy the same board again
> but that's not a challenge!
>
> Cheers/2
>
> Ed.
>

> 

>

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:16:27 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Nicholas Lysaght wrote:
> Hi Ed.
>
> You must be really good at reading minds. :-)
>
> I was wandering around the usual computer haunts, trying to keep myself
> updated in case the M2N-TVM gave up for some reason. Well, it looks like
> that may happen to me too.
>
> It appears that the closest thing our local shop (Austin Computers) have to
> the TVM, is the M2N-MX, but I cannot find any specs on their website about
> what LAN or Soundcard chipsets it uses. It seems to have the 2+1 PCI Slots
> though, as well as the PS2 inputs for keyboard and mouse.
>
> Think I might stretch the net a bit further now.
>
> Regards
>
> NICK
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I
>> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller failure
>> Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does not work) - yes I
>> do need the floppy drive from time to time!
>>
>>  I've checked the usual culprits,checked cable seating and replaced it with
>> a known good cable. Replaced the floppy drive itself with a known good
>> drive.
>>
>>  I've cleared the CMOS to check this wasn't a corrupted CMOS memory issue -
>> no change.
>>
>>  I have also back-leveled the BIOS as that was a recent change to the
>> system.
>>
>>  All of the above has not helped.
>>
>> I have one free PCI slot in the system, but I cannot find anyone
>> advertising a PCI floppy disk controller, I suspect if I did find one, it
>> would cost more than the motherboard in any case!
>>
>> The board is (of course) out of warrenty and I can't think any company
>> would repair a faulty on board floppy disk controller any more.
>>
>> So I'll be searching to see what I can find, that is fairly current and can
>> take the components from this board. I could simply buy the same board again
>> but that's not a challenge!
>>
>> Cheers/2
>>
>> Ed.
>>
>>     
How about

      ASUS M2N-MX-SE-PLUS

A$65.95 at http://www.shoppingsquare dot com dot au/p_3526__ASUS_M2NMXSEPLUS and 
until Monday only A$5 post and handling.

But any M2 board from ASUS is now old - They are mainly into M3A series 
now (which supports the 3 and 4 core AMD Phenom processors).

*Specifications:*

Model
Brand 	ASUS
Model 	M2N-MX SE Plus
Supported CPU
CPU Socket Type 	AM2+/AM2
CPU Type 	Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
FSB 	1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
Chipsets
North Bridge 	NVIDIA GeForce 6100
South Bridge 	NVIDIA nForce 430
Memory
Number of Memory Slots 	2×240pin
Memory Standard 	DDR2 1066
Maximum Memory Supported 	4GB
Dual Channel Supported 	Yes
Expansion Slots
PCI Express x16 	1
PCI Slots 	2
Storage Devices
PATA 	1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
SATA 3Gb/s 	2
SATA RAID 	0/1
Onboard Video
Onboard Video Chipset 	NVIDIA GeForce 6100
Onboard Audio
Audio Chipset 	Realtek ALC662
Audio Channels 	6 Channels
Onboard LAN
Max LAN Speed 	10/100Mbps
Rear Panel Ports
PS/2 	2
COM 	1
LPT 	1
Video Ports 	D-Sub
USB 	4 x USB 2.0
Audio Ports 	3 Ports
Onboard USB
Onboard USB 	2 x connector supports 4 x USB 2.0 ports
Physical Spec
Form Factor 	Micro ATX
Dimensions 	9.6" x 7.6"
Features
Power Pin 	24 Pin
Packaging
Package Contents 	M2N-MX SE Plus
Driver Disk
User Manual
Rear I/O Panel Shield
IDE/PATA Cable
FDD Cable
SATA Cable
4-pin to SATA Power Cable
Software Disk

Cheers/2

Ed.

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**= Email   5 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:39:12 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Hi Paul,

>Once again, daylight savings is here early in SA..

early ?
It's the same everywere now, started this morning in VIC
as well as WA.

>Any clues on what the TZ statement should be?
>Currently I have:
>SET TZ=CST-9:30CDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600

I've still got 
SET TZ=EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600
in my config.sys but probably need to check it.

Chris might step in and point the way if none of us check
the various TZ programs available for OS/2 - eComstation.

The server is the same, and reachs out to update its clock
ever 12 hours, midnight and midday,  so it didnt update to
DST until 12noon, ditto all the clients :-) Should probably
change that to update at 2:10 am and 2:10 pm.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:42:13 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  Recommendations for remote control program?

Hi Peter,

Cant access your FTP server, says not allowed from where I am.

>Thanks, Ian, I'd appreciate getting one. Where I'm up to now is that the 

AGP or PCI, will send Monday for you.

Looking at heading over west for a while again myself.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:05:31 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Paul,
>
>   
>> Once again, daylight savings is here early in SA..
>>     
>
> early ?
> It's the same everywere now, started this morning in VIC
> as well as WA.
>
>   
Actually isn't WA in a couple of weeks ? (We've changed here in NSW by 
the way).

Cheers/2

Ed.

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**= Email   8 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 14:15:17 +1000 (EST)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Hi Ed,

>Actually isn't WA in a couple of weeks ? (We've changed here in NSW by 
>the way).

I was corrected by my father in Perth, WA switchs in 3 weeks time.

I heard somewere that we were all the same now but I guess WA
figured that it had already set DST to match the east a year ago,
before the east decided to sync, so best not to mess with the trial
period.

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 15:50:47 +1100
From:  Andrew MacIntyre <andymac at bullseye.apana dot org dot au>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Ed Durrant wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I 
> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller 
> failure Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does not 
> work) - yes I do need the floppy drive from time to time!

Does a USB floppy work on OS/2?

Cheers,
Andrew.

-- 
-------------------------------------------------------------------------
Andrew I MacIntyre                     "These thoughts are mine alone..."
E-mail: andymac at bullseye.apana dot org dot au  (pref) | Snail: PO Box 370
        andymac at pcug dot org dot au             (alt) |        Belconnen ACT 2616
Web:    http://www.andymac dot org/               |        Australia
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**= Email   10 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:36:18 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Ed,
>
>   
>> Actually isn't WA in a couple of weeks ? (We've changed here in NSW by 
>> the way).
>>     
>
> I was corrected by my father in Perth, WA switchs in 3 weeks time.
>
> I heard somewere that we were all the same now but I guess WA
> figured that it had already set DST to match the east a year ago,
> before the east decided to sync, so best not to mess with the trial
> period.
>
> Cheers
> Ian Manners
> http://www.os2site dot com/
>
>
>   
I think different parts of the world (and now different states of 
Australia) either change at the same time as the UK or at the same time 
as the USA.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:38:17 +1000
From:  Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
> Ed Durrant wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I 
>> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller 
>> failure Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does 
>> not work) - yes I do need the floppy drive from time to time!
>
> Does a USB floppy work on OS/2?
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew.
>
Yes, I can use an external USB Floppy - as long as you have the 
floppies=1 parameter on the USBMSD.ADD line in config.sys it works. But 
it's inconvienient when compared to having a built in drive.

Cheers/2

Ed.

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:33:49 +0930
From:  Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Hi Andrew,

Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
> Ed Durrant wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I 
>> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller 
>> failure Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does not 
>> work) - yes I do need the floppy drive from time to time!
> 
> Does a USB floppy work on OS/2?

Does for me - with an el-cheapo USB floppy drive from ebay

Cheers,

Paul.
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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:29:28 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Hi Ed,

>I think different parts of the world (and now different states of 
>Australia) either change at the same time as the UK or at the same time 
>as the USA.

I think thats the 6 month bit, I'm still not sure if I like or dislike
DST but then I'm a Western Australian
:-)

<http://www.watoday dot com dot au/national/daylight-saving-kicks-in-on-east-coast-
20081002-4skh.html>

<http://blogs.watoday dot com dot au/outsidethesquare/2008/10/get_set_for_the.html>

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 18:22:35 +1030
From:  Paul Smedley <paul at smedley dot id dot au>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

Hi Ian,

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Paul,
> 
>> Once again, daylight savings is here early in SA..
> 
> early ?
> It's the same everywere now, started this morning in VIC
> as well as WA.
What I mean is, earlier than the eCS default TZ statement recognises :/ 
ie we are switching 3 weeks earlier than 'usual' along with 'some' of 
the rest of the country!!

> I've still got 
> SET TZ=EST-10EDT,10,1,0,7200,4,1,0,7200,3600
> in my config.sys but probably need to check it.
I'll try this with the appropriate amendments for SA of course :)

Cheers,

Paul.
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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:08:59 +1100 (EDT)
From:  "Ian Manners" <deadmail>
Subject:  Re:  Early daylight savings :(

[Australia/Sydney]
TZ=AEST-10AEDT-11,M10.1.0,M4.1.0

[Australia/Adelaide]
TZ=ACST-9:30ACDT,M10.1.0,M4.1.0

[Australia/Hobart]
TZ=AEST-10AEDT-11,M10.1.0,M4.1.0

[Australia/Brisbane]
TZ=EST-10

[Australia/Darwin]
TZ=CST-9:30
; West Australia is trying DST until 2009 (from Dec 2006)

[Australia/Perth]
TZ=AWST-8AWDT,M10.5.0,M3.5.0

[Australia/Eucla]
TZ=CWST-8:45CWDT,M10.5.0,M3.5.0

Interesting DST Links, not the first one even lists OS/2.

<http://www-128.ibm dot com/developerworks/java/jdk/dst/index.html>

Adding or changing time zone settings
<http://www.di-mgt dot com dot au/wclock/tz.html>

Sources for Time Zone and Daylight Saving
Time
Data
<http://www.twinsun dot com/tz/tz-link.htm>

<http://kb.mozillazine dot org/Time_and_time_zone_settings>

<http://www-01.ibm dot com/support/docview.wss?rs=672&context=SSGSPN&dc=D600&ui

d=swg21298282&loc=en_US&cs=UTF-8&lang=en&rss=ct672tivoli>

Cheers
Ian Manners
http://www.os2site dot com/

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:39:34 +1100
From:  Peter Moylan <peter at pmoylan dot org>
Subject:  Re:  Recommendations for remote control program?

Ian Manners wrote:
> Hi Peter,
>
> Cant access your FTP server, says not allowed from where I am.
>   
Aargh! I've just discovered that I can't access it from here, either; 
and I only have Windows here, so can't even use remote management via 
INIServe. (Making a web interface to INIServe is becoming more urgent.) 
And there's no point trying VNC, because I didn't get around to finding 
out what port(s) VNC uses, so I haven't set up the NAT on my router to 
allow VNC through.

The FTP server problem is obviously a side-effect of moving all my 
servers from one computer to another. Probably I forgot to create an 
"anonymous" account, or something like that. I'll be home on Wednesday, 
so I'll tackle it then.

-- 
Peter Moylan                          peter at pmoylan dot org
                                      http://www.pmoylan dot org

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Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 20:20:08 +1000
From:  Mike O'Connor <mikeoc at internode.on dot net>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Ed Durrant wrote:
> How about
>
>      ASUS M2N-MX-SE-PLUS
>
> A$65.95 at http://www.shoppingsquare dot com dot au/p_3526__ASUS_M2NMXSEPLUS 
> and until Monday only A$5 post and handling.
>
> But any M2 board from ASUS is now old - They are mainly into M3A 
> series now (which supports the 3 and 4 core AMD Phenom processors).
>
> *Specifications:*
>
> Model
> Brand     ASUS
> Model     M2N-MX SE Plus
> Supported CPU
> CPU Socket Type     AM2+/AM2
> CPU Type     Athlon 64 X2 / Athlon 64 FX / Athlon 64 / Sempron
> FSB     1000MHz Hyper Transport (2000 MT/s)
> Chipsets
> North Bridge     NVIDIA GeForce 6100
> South Bridge     NVIDIA nForce 430
> Memory
> Number of Memory Slots     2×240pin
> Memory Standard     DDR2 1066
> Maximum Memory Supported     4GB
> Dual Channel Supported     Yes
> Expansion Slots
> PCI Express x16     1
> PCI Slots     2
> Storage Devices
> PATA     1 x ATA100 2 Dev. Max
> SATA 3Gb/s     2
> SATA RAID     0/1
> Onboard Video
> Onboard Video Chipset     NVIDIA GeForce 6100
> Onboard Audio
> Audio Chipset     Realtek ALC662
> Audio Channels     6 Channels
> Onboard LAN
> Max LAN Speed     10/100Mbps
> Rear Panel Ports
> PS/2     2
> COM     1
> LPT     1
> Video Ports     D-Sub
> USB     4 x USB 2.0
> Audio Ports     3 Ports
> Onboard USB
> Onboard USB     2 x connector supports 4 x USB 2.0 ports
> Physical Spec
> Form Factor     Micro ATX
> Dimensions     9.6" x 7.6"
> Features
> Power Pin     24 Pin
> Packaging
> Package Contents     M2N-MX SE Plus
> Driver Disk
> User Manual
> Rear I/O Panel Shield
> IDE/PATA Cable
> FDD Cable
> SATA Cable
> 4-pin to SATA Power Cable
> Software Disk
>
> Cheers/2
>
> Ed. 
Hi Ed, Nicholas,

Ed, you might remember I spent a lot of time chasing all over this 
continent trying to get myself an Asus M2V-TVM like yours, without *any* 
success - after mistakenly buying ane of the above M2N-MX SE boards - 
it's a "popular Windoze" motherboard, IMO useless for eCS - virtually 
all the onboard gear - video+sound+LAN *didn't* work with eCS. I was 
able to eventually source from Asus (AU) in Brisbane two (one for my 
friend in Brisbane who picked them up) M2V-MX motherboards on which_ 
everything_ worked out of the box with eCSV2.0RC2 except the sound 
(until I updated Uniaud to 1.1.4RC5). I don't have any fancy speaker 
system here - just plain stereo, so I'm assuming it works in 4/6/8 
channel too!

I have 2 x 1GB DDR2-800, using 256MB as Video RAM - so have 1792MB 
available at BIOS.
Haven't gotten around to setting up SMP on AM2 4800+ dual core - needs a 
bit of switch fiddling.

Relevant details of working Uniaud as just sent from that system:

(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1993-2001
Signature:        at #Netlabs:1.1# at ##1## 17 Feb 2008 21:03:04     OBIWAN    
::::4::
RC5 at  at Universal Audio Driver for OS/2 and eComStation (KEE)
Vendor:          Netlabs
Revision:        1.01
Date/Time:       17 Feb 2008 21:03:04
Build Machine:   OBIWAN
FixPak Version:  RC5
File Version:    1.1.4
Description:     Universal Audio Driver for OS/2 and eComStation (KEE)

[1792MB USABLE RAM D:\MMOS2]bldlevel uniaud16.sys
Build Level Display Facility Version 6.12.675 Sep 25 2001
(C) Copyright IBM Corporation 1993-2001
Signature:        at #Netlabs:1.1# at ##1## 17 Feb 2008 21:41:16     OBIWAN    
::::4::
RC5 at  at Universal Audio MMPM/2 Driver for eComStation
Vendor:          Netlabs
Revision:        1.01
Date/Time:       17 Feb 2008 21:41:16
Build Machine:   OBIWAN
FixPak Version:  RC5
File Version:    1.1.4
Description:     Universal Audio MMPM/2 Driver for eComStation

[1792MB USABLE RAM D:\MMOS2]

Regards,
Mike

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**= Email   18 ==========================**

Date:  Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:52:04 +1100
From:  Alan Duval <amoht at westnet dot com dot au>
Subject:  Re:  On board floppy controller failure on ASUS M2V-TVM

Nicholas Lysaght wrote:
> Hi Ed.
>
> You must be really good at reading minds. :-)
>
> I was wandering around the usual computer haunts, trying to keep myself
> updated in case the M2N-TVM gave up for some reason. Well, it looks like
> that may happen to me too.
>
> It appears that the closest thing our local shop (Austin Computers) have to
> the TVM, is the M2N-MX, but I cannot find any specs on their website about
> what LAN or Soundcard chipsets it uses. It seems to have the 2+1 PCI Slots
> though, as well as the PS2 inputs for keyboard and mouse.
>
> Think I might stretch the net a bit further now.
>
> Regards
>
> NICK
>
> On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 2:58 PM, Ed Durrant <edurrant at durrant dot mine dot nu>wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi,
>>
>>  It looks like I may have to move to a new motherboard sooner than I
>> thought ! When I boot the system, I get an error "Floppy Controller failure
>> Press F1 to continue" and (of course the floppy drive does not work) - yes I
>> do need the floppy drive from time to time!
>>
>>  I've checked the usual culprits,checked cable seating and replaced it with
>> a known good cable. Replaced the floppy drive itself with a known good
>> drive.
>>
>>  I've cleared the CMOS to check this wasn't a corrupted CMOS memory issue -
>> no change.
>>
>>  I have also back-leveled the BIOS as that was a recent change to the
>> system.
>>
>>  All of the above has not helped.
>>
>> I have one free PCI slot in the system, but I cannot find anyone
>> advertising a PCI floppy disk controller, I suspect if I did find one, it
>> would cost more than the motherboard in any case!
>>
>> The board is (of course) out of warrenty and I can't think any company
>> would repair a faulty on board floppy disk controller any more.
>>
>> So I'll be searching to see what I can find, that is fairly current and can
>> take the components from this board. I could simply buy the same board again
>> but that's not a challenge!
>>
>> Cheers/2
>>
>> Ed.
>>     
As I mentioned before, you can get an M2N-TVM motherboard from USA.  Go 
to the following URL:

http://cgi.ebay dot com/ASUS-M2V-TVM-SOCKET-AM2-Micro-ATX-Motherboard-New_W0QQitemZ350096746941QQcmdZViewItem?_trksid=p3286.m20.l1116

I bought mine from them and have purchased another just in case.

I wouldn't advise the ASUS  M3A  as I purchased on and haven't been able 
to get  ACPI and SMP working on it nor will it recognize the onboard 
sound and I had to get a special card to attach my parallel port printer.

Regards,

Alan Duval
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