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Article #23Re: DMA TEST FAIL !!! WHat is this?
From: The Mu-Meister
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 15:00
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1996 15:00
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David Longley (David@longley.demon.co.uk) spoke thusly: : After many weeks of configuring a small network, everything : seemed to be in place until Friday. ** DMA TEST FAIL !! *** : Next, when the system. just before the drives are identified, we : got the message ** DMA TEST FAIL !! *** This is a BIOS error message, >likely< because the 8253 (or whatever the hell the number was) emulating glue logic on the mother is... bad. It would appear, imho, that your motherboard is toast. Go get a new one. :( -- Home: dremu@emf.net find me on the PSQ homepage http://www.emf.net/~quam Work: support@maxis.com Maxis Software Toys: The SimCity People Maxis -=- 2121 N California Blvd, Suite 600 -=- Walnut Creek CA 94596-3572 Voice 510.927.3521 FAX 510.927.3581 BBS 510.927.3910 I remember the letter wrinkled in my hand "I love you always" filled my eyes I remember a night we walked along the Seine Riding on the Metro I remember a feeling coming over me The soldier turned, then looked away I remember hating you for loving me Riding on the Metro and of course, the views expressed herein are those solely of the individual and in no way are meant to express those of Maxis or any of its subsidiaries
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!news.emf.net!dremu From: dremu@emf.net (The Mu-Meister) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,demon.tech.pc,comp.periphs.scsi Subject: Re: DMA TEST FAIL !!! WHat is this? Followup-To: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc,demon.tech.pc,comp.periphs.scsi Date: 8 Jan 1996 15:00:35 GMT Organization: "emf.net" Quality Internet Access. (510) 704-3800 (login: guest) Message-ID: <4crbij$ei8@emf.emf.net> References: <821035249snz@longley.demon.co.uk> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.149.0.20 X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2]