This is more likely a problem with the connection of the floppy cable to the devices or the controller card backing out a bit then it is with the controller itself. The first thing I would do is to reseat everything. The second thing I would try to clean the floppy and then check it against another one. The last thing I would suspect is the actual controller. Mark Rode Moderator PCBUILD / PCSOFT >I received a call from my daughter about her 486-66. She said she started >having "problems" running programs last week. Then yesterday upon booting >she received the message on booting "FDD controller failure" and "HDD >controller Failure" "Press F1 to resume". Natch, she can't boot. I assume >tha >Brad Loomis PCBUILD maintains hundreds of useful files for download visit our download web page at: http://nospin.com/pc/files.html