RT>From: Raymond Tejano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RT>Hello to all,
RT>I have a couple of 286's machines, which I seldomly used 'caused I'm having
RT>trouble of booting them. Both machines have 1mb, CGA and 250 MB HD. Both
RT>machine hangs after 1mb memory check and the worst is that doesn't even
RT>display the BIOS settings (warmboot) and hangs.. After a couple or more
RT>resets, I did pass memory check and able to run DOS. Any ideas of fixing my
RT>problem.
If I had to wager, I'd be betting on harddrive problems. Thing is, the
system's trying to access the MBR etcetera, failing (stiction?) and not
having enough "brains" at that point in the process to realize the
problem. Any beeps during the POST?
If it were stiction, that would explain why the thing'll start working
after a few tries.
Another possibility: I had a similar problem with a similar level of
machine a few years back, when I upgraded the video card to VGA. I
guess the card was requiring more power, & the power supply didn't have
enough left anymore to run the VGA card -and- push the drive up to
speed. Like any electric motor (AFAIK), the diskdrive motor draws more
current when it's initally spinning up. Think I fixed it by cleaning a
couple pounds of lint out of the power supply. Works now, anyway,
usually.
Have you made any changes to they machines recently -- new drives,
added components of any kind?
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