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"flan" <weft2@rogers.com> wrote in message
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> Tony Hill <hilla@uoguelph.ca> wrote in message
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> > On 24 Jul 2003 23:28:40 -0700, weft2@rogers.com (flan) wrote:

>
> Thanks for all the feedback from everybody. I did open the machine,
> and on the HD metal brace is printed: 36 40mb- but this is scratched
> out with pen, and in place is written: 40 116.  It's a Maxtor HD
> 7120AT/HDA 22A/PCBA 66A/Unique 30A/Z,D,B. I hooked the pc up with the
> cover still off & powered it up, and tried reentering the HDU settings
> using the info on the HD metal brace. It made no difference. Though,
> there's no option in the 2nd HDU requester to put in a blank or "none
> installed"; the only option is to put in the 2 numbers. And as far as
> I can see there clearly is NO 2nd HD in the pc. The pc still makes the
> initial 4 beeps with the cover off AND WITH the battery disconnected,
> and it definitely sounds like the beeps are still coming from the HD.
>
> Re: the battery I disconnected, all I could see (no watch type
> batteries) on the pc (and that's the areas not covered by the power
> supply, and the drives, which I assume isn't MB area) was the battery
> I disconnected: a ~3" x 2" square battery that says: Computer clock
> battery 844/Rayovac 4.5 volts." It was attached to the MB just behind
> the HD with a small 4 pin black connector. The battery has the usual
> red & white wires coming out (+ extra wire spliced by the techie, I
> assume, to make up the distance), and I tested it and it's reading 3.3
> v.  Well below the 4.5 v, but is that enough to be considered dead/the
> possible cause of the problems, if it is even the battery?
More questions.
Was the computer used after the upgrade?If not, replace the 386,and the
battery.
Did the computer originally have a Windows OS?
I think some Olivetti computers were dedicated as word processors only and
used
the CP/M Operating system.???May not have used the Intel CPU.
Some AT&T diag. diskettes would boot some Olivettis but they may have been
unix
machines.
This old machine had a disk controller card(I think).Did you check it for
for a battery?
Some controller cards had switches or jumpers that let you set boot
options,such as
"Boot from server" etc.
The IBM&Compatible failure code 1782 indicated "No IPL from hardfile".Is
this ROM
on the motherboard or the disk controller card?
     Good Luck,
           D J




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