12 Feb
2003
12 Feb
'03
2:53 p.m.
Dear Sir,
Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an independent
multi-discplinary Geotechnical, Environmental and Construction Materials
Service firm providing engineering and scientific consulting, subsurface
exploration and testing services to both public and private sector clients.
At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the purpose of doing our
Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA Test). Due to this computer is an old unit, we
frequently facing problem that bother us once we turn on the computer. The
monitor always promp the error as stated below:
"Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
Strike F1 key to continue"
However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will occur named, Disk Boot
Errores.
We really appreciate if you can help us out in this matter as soon as
possible, this computer is really valuable for our department. We hope to hear
from you soon.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Regards,
Ricky
Engineer
ligkig(a)hotmail.com
12 Feb
12 Feb
9:30 p.m.
Likely the problem is the lithium battery has died. They generally last
a few years in this machine. It is under the cover that is around the
keyboard and is soldered into a board. You have to disassemble the
machine, first by taking the screws from the back, where the connectors
are, out. Then the cover behind the display will come off. At that
point you might see the battery. I can't remember if you also need to
take the plastic cover over the keyboard off.
The battery is a 3.6 volt lithium, about the size if a AA, maybe
shorter. It is a standard battery. The only trick is that it is
soldered in, so you have to deal with that.
The message you are getting probably means it is very low. You should
see the internal time-of-day clock either losing time or not changing at
all. At some point it will revert back to some default, like 1/1/80.
Ricky wrote:
Dear Sir,
Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an independent
multi-discplinary Geotechnical, Environmental and Construction Materials
Service firm providing engineering and scientific consulting, subsurface
exploration and testing services to both public and private sector clients.
At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the purpose of doing our
Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA Test). Due to this computer is an old unit, we
frequently facing problem that bother us once we turn on the computer. The
monitor always promp the error as stated below:
"Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
Strike F1 key to continue"
However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will occur named, Disk Boot
Errores.
We really appreciate if you can help us out in this matter as soon as
possible, this computer is really valuable for our department. We hope to hear
from you soon.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Regards,
Ricky
Engineer
ligkig(a)hotmail.com
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--
Dave Mabry dmabry(a)mich.com
Dossin Museum Underwater Research Team
NACD #2093
13 Feb
13 Feb
3:55 a.m.
This could be a problem with your Connor HD, the ones
in the Grid 15xx are notoriously unreliable. Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuGRiD-Laptop/
In the files section are set-up and boot disk files which
would allow you to boot from floppy and at least see if
the HD is recognized. If not you need to replace your HD
with one of the 3 the 1530 recognizes. There is also a file
to alter the BIOS to allow a larger Connor HD than the
biggest 80meg one to be installed.
I regularly give my 2 Grid 1520s a sharp rap or twist to
unstick the HD. :^) I haven't anything of value on it that I
can't replace with a backup and haven't yet found a cheap
Connor with the Grid specs. YMMV
Lawrence
On 11 Feb 2003, , Ricky wrote:
Dear Sir,
Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an
independent multi-discplinary Geotechnical, Environmental
and Construction Materials Service firm providing
engineering and scientific consulting, subsurface
exploration and testing services to both public and private
sector clients.
At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the
purpose of doing our Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA Test).
Due to this computer is an old unit, we frequently facing
problem that bother us once we turn on the computer. The
monitor always promp the error as stated below:
"Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
Strike F1 key to continue"
However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will occur
named, Disk Boot Errores.
We really appreciate if you can help us out in this matter
as soon as possible, this computer is really valuable for
our department. We hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Regards,
Ricky
Engineer
ligkig(a)hotmail.com
lgwalker@ mts.net
1:26 p.m.
Problem here....
I don't want to sign up with yahoo. So I can't read the archives or get to
the files sections.
Otherwise I would be interested in getting the setup and boot disk files
for my 1520.
------- Brief Google search
http://www.ari-service.com/support/file/dir.asp?VirtPath=/ftp/grid/
Has a set of utilities ready to download
Have fun
Francois
Minnesota
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker(a)mts.net>
To: "Ricky" <ligkig(a)hotmail.com>om>; <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:47 AM
Subject: Re: Gridcase 1530
This could be a problem with your Connor HD, the ones
in the Grid 15xx are notoriously unreliable. Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuGRiD-Laptop/
In the files section are set-up and boot disk files which
would allow you to boot from floppy and at least see if
the HD is recognized. If not you need to replace your HD
with one of the 3 the 1530 recognizes. There is also a file
to alter the BIOS to allow a larger Connor HD than the
biggest 80meg one to be installed.
I regularly give my 2 Grid 1520s a sharp rap or twist to
unstick the HD. :^) I haven't anything of value on it that I
can't replace with a backup and haven't yet found a cheap
Connor with the Grid specs. YMMV
Lawrence
On 11 Feb 2003, , Ricky wrote:
Dear Sir,
Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an
independent multi-discplinary Geotechnical, Environmental
and Construction Materials Service firm providing
engineering and scientific consulting, subsurface
exploration and testing services to both public and private
sector clients.
At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the
purpose of doing our Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA Test).
Due to this computer is an old unit, we frequently facing
problem that bother us once we turn on the computer. The
monitor always promp the error as stated below:
"Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
Strike F1 key to continue"
However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will occur
named, Disk Boot Errores.
We really appreciate if you can help us out in this matter
as soon as possible, this computer is really valuable for
our department. We hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Regards,
Ricky
Engineer
ligkig(a)hotmail.com
lgwalker@ mts.net
6:04 p.m.
Sorry about that. Forgot the sign-up B-S. If you want
anything I could download and send it to you. Msgs
arrive like ordinary mail so I rarely sign in unless it's
to download a file. I guess I have their cookie and it
works for me like any ordinary site except for an
occasional request for password. I could copy the file
listings and pass them on to you. One of these years
I'm going to get off my keister and build a site with some
of my stuff on it.
Lawrence
Lawrence
On 13 Feb 2003, , Sue & Francois wrote:
Problem here....
I don't want to sign up with yahoo. So I can't read the
archives or get to the files sections. Otherwise I would be
interested in getting the setup and boot disk files for my
1520. ------- Brief Google search
http://www.ari-service.com/support/file/dir.asp?VirtPath=/ft
p/grid/ Has a set of utilities ready to download Have fun
Francois Minnesota
----- Original Message -----
From: "Lawrence Walker" <lgwalker(a)mts.net>
To: "Ricky" <ligkig(a)hotmail.com>om>; <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 13, 2003 9:47 AM Subject: Re:
Gridcase 1530
> This could be a problem with your Connor HD, the ones in
> the Grid 15xx are notoriously unreliable. Go to
>
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuGRiD-Laptop/
>
> In the files section are set-up and boot disk files which
> would allow you to boot from floppy and at least see if
> the HD is recognized. If not you need to replace your HD
> with one of the 3 the 1530 recognizes. There is also a
> file to alter the BIOS to allow a larger Connor HD than
> the biggest 80meg one to be installed.
> I regularly give my 2 Grid 1520s a sharp rap or twist to
> unstick the HD. :^) I haven't anything of value on it that
> I can't replace with a backup and haven't yet found a
> cheap Connor with the Grid specs. YMMV
>
> Lawrence
>
>
>
> On 11 Feb 2003, , Ricky wrote:
>
> > Dear Sir,
> >
> > Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an
> > independent multi-discplinary Geotechnical,
> > Environmental and Construction Materials Service firm
> > providing engineering and scientific consulting,
> > subsurface exploration and testing services to both
> > public and private sector clients.
> >
> > At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the
> > purpose of doing our Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA
> > Test). Due to this computer is an old unit, we
> > frequently facing problem that bother us once we turn on
> > the computer. The monitor always promp the error as
> > stated below:
> >
> > "Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
> >
> > Strike F1 key to continue"
> >
> > However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will
> > occur named, Disk Boot Errores.
> >
> > We really appreciate if you can help us out in this
> > matter as soon as possible, this computer is really
> > valuable for our department. We hope to hear from you
> > soon.
> >
> > Thank you for your kind attention.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Ricky
> >
> > Engineer
> >
> > ligkig(a)hotmail.com
>
>
> lgwalker@ mts.net
lgwalker@ mts.net
4:43 p.m.
Oops, the Grid 15xx laptops recognize 6 Conner HDs.
The CP3022CP3024CP3044CP3042CP344CP3104 . But
as I said there is a file on how to modify the Bios for
some others on the Yahoo site. Also to boot from floppy
press "f" immediately after the beep. The setup file
should work even if the internal battery or (in most 15xx
models) Dallas RTC is dead, IIRC. To erase a password
on the Dallas model is another problem however.
Lawrence
On 13 Feb 2003, , Lawrence Walker wrote:
This could be a problem with your Connor HD, the ones
in
the Grid 15xx are notoriously unreliable. Go to
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RuGRiD-Laptop/
In the files section are set-up and boot disk files which
would allow you to boot from floppy and at least see if the
HD is recognized. If not you need to replace your HD with
one of the 3 the 1530 recognizes. There is also a file to
alter the BIOS to allow a larger Connor HD than the biggest
80meg one to be installed.
I regularly give my 2 Grid 1520s a sharp rap or twist to
unstick the HD. :^) I haven't anything of value on it that I
can't replace with a backup and haven't yet found a cheap
Connor with the Grid specs. YMMV
Lawrence
On 11 Feb 2003, , Ricky wrote:
lgwalker@ mts.net
Dear Sir,
Greetings form Geolab! We are formed in 1991 as an
independent multi-discplinary Geotechnical, Environmental
and Construction Materials Service firm providing
engineering and scientific consulting, subsurface
exploration and testing services to both public and
private sector clients.
At this moment, we are using Gridcase 1530 (386) for the
purpose of doing our Pile Drive Analysis Test (PDA Test).
Due to this computer is an old unit, we frequently facing
problem that bother us once we turn on the computer. The
monitor always promp the error as stated below:
"Invalid configuration Information : Code 02
Strike F1 key to continue"
However, once we strike the F1 key, another error will
occur named, Disk Boot Errores.
We really appreciate if you can help us out in this matter
as soon as possible, this computer is really valuable for
our department. We hope to hear from you soon.
Thank you for your kind attention.
Regards,
Ricky
Engineer
ligkig(a)hotmail.com
lgwalker@ mts.net
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