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Article #10800Re: Help With Compaq Deskpro 386/20 Error Message...
From: Michael Schuster
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 00:07
Date: Tue, 04 Jun 1991 00:07
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In article <1991Jun3.133136.19278@cbnewsl.att.com> sgilley@cbnewsl.att.com (The Idealistic Cynic) writes: > > > >Then it beeps twice and prints the following message: > >162 - System Options Not Set (Run Setup) > Insert Diagnostic Disk in Drive A > The battery which retains the configuration information in non-volatile memory (the CMOS RAM chip) has probably died. The error message means that the CMOS checksum is invalid; probably due to its having been erased. You need to: 1. Replace the battery 2. Get a Compaq setup diskette or, barring that, a shareware AT setup program like GSETUP31. You must know the geometry of your hard drive to do this properly, since the disk type has been erased too. -- Mike Schuster | CIS: 70346,1745 NY Public Access UNIX: ...cmcl2!panix!schuster | MCI Mail, GENIE: The Portal (R) System: schuster@cup.portal.com | MSCHUSTER
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!stanford.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!panix!schuster From: schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: Help With Compaq Deskpro 386/20 Error Message... Message-ID: <1991Jun4.000729.24874@panix.uucp> Date: 4 Jun 91 00:07:29 GMT References: <1991Jun3.133136.19278@cbnewsl.att.com> Distribution: na Organization: PANIX - Public Access Unix Systems of NY Lines: 25