I am experiencing the same issue only it chooses the error code on the whim of how it seems to feel at the moment. I experience the "Can't write to disk", Can't read disk in A:", "floppy not formatted", "Bad disk sectors", etc. etc.
I have installed a patch...
If you change your IRQ from 4 to 3 it will automatically reset to COM 2 or 4 upon rebooting. 2&4 always use IRQ3 as COMM 1&3 and occasionally 5, always use IRQ4.
Of course you could just enter the bios on boot up and check that you have the IRQ set correctly as well. I have to set mine...
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