Javier --
A few more things.
1. If you have the PPA3.MPD file in the IOSUBSYS folder, but do NOT have the
Zip drive attached, will the system boot?
2. I just read on the Zida support page that "All our new mainboards can
support IOMEGA ZIP drive and LS-120 driver." This implies that their older
boards couldn't. Is the BIOS for these two systems the newest one?
3. How about deleting the parallel ports from device manager and letting them
redetect?
4. Is there *any* other software loading on startup, including anti-virus
software, printer software, or *anything*? (Check not only the startup folder,
but also win.ini, system.ini, and the "Run" line in the registry.
And, an idle thought...is IE4 installed on these two computers?
(I just went through a similar problem with a Panasonic CD-ROM disk changer.
The Windows protection errors started after installation of Internet Explorer
4. It was painful.)
Roxanne Pierce
R2 Systems, San Diego
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On Sunday, March 08, 1998 02:56, Javier Vizcaino, [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] wrote:
> Hi.
> On two almost identical systems (new PC (MMX200
> with Zida (Tomato) mobo, with VIA 580 chipset). the symptoms
> are the same:
> -With a DOS floppy, or interrupting W95 boot to the command
> prompt, DOS GUEST works, assigns letter, and a Zip cartridge is read
> normally. GUEST95 doesn't find any Zip.
> -Tried most recent W95 Zip recognizing software (version 5.4).
> -The problem can be tracked down to the presence of PPA3.MPD
> in (w95)\SYSTEM\IOSUBSYS. Renaming it, W95 boots normally. Several versions
> of this file have been tried.
> -In W95 boot "Windows protection error. Initialize". When
> installing, blue screens.
> The second parallel port is in an add-in card. There is no reason
> for it not to work (the speed would be different), but the symptoms are
> the same with either port, even changing mode (Normal, EPP, ECP) of the on
> mobo one.
> -Two working parallel Zips have been tried. What is in common
> between the two systems is the mobo and the disk. ???
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