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In article <1993Jan20.112747.16892@vax5.cit.cornell.edu>,
pl3x@vax5.cit.cornell.edu wrote:
> 
> 
> When I turn on my original 8088 IBM PC without
> the memory card in it, I get a set of 7 hex digits,
> then a parrity error 2.
> 
> When I have the card inserted, I get the same set of
> digits.
> 
> They look like this, at the top of the clear screen
> 
> 4050 201
>                                                             
> or 
> 
> 407b 201
> 
> or
> 
> 4055 201
> 
> or without the card in, or the card (magitronics 603 card, 6 dips),
> 
> 4098 201
> 
> Originally I thought the card sent these values, but the values
> must originate from the motherboard.
> 
Well, If my memory is good, this indicates an error on the mother board and
must be decrypted as follows :
201 is the error code, indicating what the problem is, and
4055, 4098... is the location code. This code tells you which part of your
PC
is faulty. Badly, I cant tell you how to decode this values, and I think
that originally, only IBM people could decode these...

Paul Rolland

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