10 Dec
1998
10 Dec
'98
5:17 a.m.
I have a P70 that won't boot. It displays error numbers 167 and 163. Does
anyone know anything about these?
Joe
10 Dec
10 Dec
4:16 a.m.
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11 Dec
11 Dec
11:05 a.m.
Joe wrote:
I have a P70 that won't boot. It displays error
numbers 167 and 163. Does
anyone know anything about these?
As said before, you need the setup disk, known as a "reference disk" as these
are commonly acquanted with a dead battery causing the settings to go away. The
single best source for info and file links for the entire PS/2 line is at
http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ and you can then download the P70 reference
disk via this page. Note that the machine is not a model 70 (type 8570) but
rather a P70, (type 8573) so make sure you get the appropriate reference disk
file. Once you download the EXE image, go to the DOS prompt and path to where
the download is.Put a blank 1.44 in the floppy drive and then type the file
name followed by an A: to tell it to run and that you wish to make the disk on
A:....An example would be RF8573.EXE A:
Boot the P70 with the disk and it will most likely ask if you wish to run
auto-config. Yes is a viable option. It may ask you for an additional disk for
an adapter installed (there are 2 mca card slots in the P70) so you need to hit
ESC until you can figure out what the additional ADF file is that you'll need.
I won't go into this unless you hae the problem, so if you do email me direct
and I can help you there.
Should you need a battery, take the old one out and go to the local Walmart,
Kmart, etc and look in their photo batteries. These are marked as an IBM
replacement but are actually a standard photo battery. An IBM "computer"
battery runs about $18 but the same battery packaged as a photo battery goes at
about $10.
If you need a little more help write me direct. I do these all the time and
know them inside out. I have one that's even been upgraded to a 486DX that I
gave my wife, and one to the side that's fully there but has a broken hinge on
the screen mount.
To open the back cover, should you need to, just undo the three captive screws.
One is behind the access door, two on the bottom. Then lightly pry at the
handle area of the cover and it will come up and off. If you find you have a
token ring card in it and you don't have a need for it, pull the card and then
you shouldn't have a need for an ADF file for it. Of course you'll need to
rerun the reference disk.
Russ Blakeman
4:33 p.m.
Russ,
Thanks for the help but you're too slow, I already figured it out. The
two MCA cards that I posted on the mailing list last night came out of the
P70. I found a GOOD site at "ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks". It has
EVERTHING there! The regular IBM tech support website is a joke. BTW I
got the complete sales information from IBM on disks too. Let me know if
you want a copy of it. Which model P70s do you have? I have a 121 (386DX-20
8 meg RAM 170 Mb ESDI hard drive). How do you like the CPU upgrade? I'm
considering doing that to this one but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep
this yet. Any idea where I can get the cable for the external storage
device? (#2716 P/N 23F2716).
Joe
At 04:05 PM 12/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
Joe wrote:
away. The
I have a P70 that won't boot. It displays
error numbers 167 and 163. Does
anyone know anything about these?
As said before, you need the setup disk, known as a "reference disk" as these
are commonly acquanted with a dead battery causing the settings to go single best source for info and file links for the
entire PS/2 line is at
http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ and you can then download the P70
reference
disk via this page. Note that the machine is not a
model 70 (type 8570) but
rather a P70, (type 8573) so make sure you get the appropriate reference disk
file. Once you download the EXE image, go to the DOS prompt and path to where
the download is.Put a blank 1.44 in the floppy drive and then type the file
name followed by an A: to tell it to run and that you wish to make the
disk on
A:....An example would be RF8573.EXE A:
Boot the P70 with the disk and it will most likely ask if you wish to run
auto-config. Yes is a viable option. It may ask you for an additional disk
for
an adapter installed (there are 2 mca card slots in the
P70) so you need
to hit
ESC until you can figure out what the additional ADF
file is that you'll
need.
I won't go into this unless you hae the problem, so
if you do email me direct
and I can help you there.
Should you need a battery, take the old one out and go to the local Walmart,
Kmart, etc and look in their photo batteries. These are marked as an IBM
replacement but are actually a standard photo battery. An IBM "computer"
battery runs about $18 but the same battery packaged as a photo battery
goes at
about $10.
If you need a little more help write me direct. I do these all the time and
know them inside out. I have one that's even been upgraded to a 486DX that I
gave my wife, and one to the side that's fully there but has a broken
hinge on
the screen mount.
To open the back cover, should you need to, just undo the three captive
screws.
One is behind the access door, two on the bottom. Then
lightly pry at the
handle area of the cover and it will come up and off. If you find you have a
token ring card in it and you don't have a need for it, pull the card and
then
you shouldn't have a need for an ADF file for it.
Of course you'll need to
rerun the reference disk.
Russ Blakeman
6:06 p.m.
Joe wrote:
Russ,
Thanks for the help but you're too slow, I already figured it out. The
two MCA cards that I posted on the mailing list last night came out of the
P70. I found a GOOD site at "ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks". It has
EVERTHING there! The regular IBM tech support website is a joke. BTW I
got the complete sales information from IBM on disks too. Let me know if
you want a copy of it. Which model P70s do you have? I have a 121 (386DX-20
8 meg RAM 170 Mb ESDI hard drive). How do you like the CPU upgrade? I'm
considering doing that to this one but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep
this yet. Any idea where I can get the cable for the external storage
device? (#2716 P/N 23F2716).
Nope, never seen one either although it does seem to look a lot like an SCSI
adapter for an Apple/Mac. My wife loves the MakeIt 486 and Windows 95 on the
machine with a 120mb drive, doubled. No speed problem either but it will improve
with the addition of a ram card, just no time at present to mess with it. I've had
every version except the odd 486 version through here and sold all but the one my
wife has, and is very attached to. I take that back, I have one that needs the
screen prackets repired or replaced at the top but is great otherwise, I think
it's a 121 with a 60 or 80 mb drive. I need to sell it but might have a buyer that
gets to fix the brackets himself.
When you install a MakeIt 486, make sure you have the 387 coprocessor installed or
it shows a 486SX instead a DX since the FPU isn't there.
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