15 May
1999
15 May
'99
4:45 p.m.
Is there anything on the screen at all, not from the computer but scan
lines, whatever. If there is, and there are two beeps, adjust the
contrast/brightness to see if there is a tiny symbol (like an ankh?) on
the screen. If there is then you need to short out two jumpers near the
PS to remove the BIOS password. Reasoning behind this is primarily the
two beeps and then the fact that you don't mention any grinding hard
drive noise making me wonder what is happening after the floppy
check/beeps. Sounds like it is looking for a password.
Brian
Sam Negri wrote:
A friend gave me his old IBM 286 which I'd like to
revive for my
wife's use. When I power on, a red light indicates the machine is
looking at the 5.25 floppy drive, then I hear two beeps, and
nothing at all appears on the screen. I'm thinking that maybe the
BIOS somehow got trashed but I don't have a clue what to do about
it. I don't think there's anything wrong with the monitor. I
think the computer just doesn't seem to know it has a hard drive
and monitor connected. Any advice would be sincerely appreciated.
I tried removing and reseating all the cards because that's
sometimes solved problems when I had my own 286, but it didn't do
any good with this machine.
Thanks in advance.
Sam
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