These are the most common causes, based on experience. If you have a
different error code, it will be in the errors during POST section.
| Does the system power up? |
| Did you get more than one beep? (One beep is all correct) |
See Beep Codes |
| Is the system totally dead? See Dead
System for hints |
See Troubleshoot |
| 85-K/N or 95A? Is JMP6
set? (up by op panel on both planars) |
See JMP6 |
56/57 or 76/77? Install the case cover if removed.
| See Sec. switch |
| Does anything appear on the screen? |
| Screen in monochrome (not connected during boot, bad cable) |
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| Blank screen (is pin in cable bent over?) |
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| Text on screen wrong color (pin bent) |
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| Does an error occur during POST? |
| Multiple Errors? |
See Multi-Error |
| Errors 163, 165
Config lost. (Low battery, exiting setup improperly) |
|
| Errors 000095XX through
028331XX |
See General Errors |
| Errors 0037,
0096,
0104,
0112,
0206 |
See SCSI Errors |
| Improper cabling, termination, IDs,
adapter not fully seated |
See SCSI Layout |
| Errors I999XXX
(IML systems only - 76/77/85/90/95/500/700/720) |
See IML Errors |
| Does the system refuse to accept refdisk? |
| Do other floppies work? (If not, check type for known problems) |
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| Do you have the correct one? |
|
| Did you create it correctly? |
See Create Refdisk |
| Do you have a Type 4 complex based system? (05 and up needed) |
See BIOS Updates |
| Adapter not recognized |
| Did you correctly add ADF to Refdisk? |
See Copy ADF |
| Did you do a cold boot to re-run System Programs? |
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| Is the adapter fully seated? (can also cause odd run-time errors) |
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| Hard-drive not recognized or recognized incorrectly |
| Not recognized at all? Check the data and power cables. |
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| Is the drive capacity >1 GB? |
See SCSI >1 GB |
| Hard-drive doesn't spin up |
| Check the power cable |
|
SCSI drives: Is the "delayed start" jumper set?
(Disable it or check the SCSI adapter) |
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| Older drives may have a "stiction" problem |
See Known Prob. |
| No Bootable Device Found |
| Check SCSI Devices in setup |
See Set SCSI Dev. |
| Check selectable drive startup |
See Startup Seq. |
| Active Partition on boot drive? |
|
| Cannot Access CDROM |
| Properly terminated and proper ID? |
See SCSI Layout |
| Under DOS? |
See CD Install |
| Does CD support parity? (required on IBM controllers) |
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| Other issues |
| You might also want to check "Known Problems" |
See Known Prob. |