AT CMOS Fixed Disk Type

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From: Daniel S. Lewart
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 1990 10:01

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I just managed to zap the CMOS on my IBM PC AT.  In order to recover, I ran
SETUP from the Diagnostic disk.  At one point, it asks me for the Fixed Disk
Type which is supposed to be in the range 1-47.  Here are my questions:

1) How can I figure out what the appropriate number is?
2) What does it mean?
3) Is there a table of type values somewhere?
4) How can I tell when my CMOS battery is dead without opening things up?

Thank you,
Daniel Lewart

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Subject: AT CMOS Fixed Disk Type
Summary: What is my AT Fixed Disk Type?
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