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Article #7830Re: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me (no RAM, system wont even do BIOS)
From: Dave
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 1991 04:22
Date: Fri, 22 Feb 1991 04:22
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v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes: >Please help me.... >I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up, >no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer >LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing..... >no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing! >is this normal, given my systems emptiness, or is my motherboard >bad??? You need something in the ram banks that are selected as active (by the dipswitches or jumpers). Otherwise, unpredictable results could occur. Dave -- David Frascone ccastdf@prism.gatech.edu Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta Georgia, 30332 Office of Information Technology--User Assistant
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!usc!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!ncar!gatech!prism!ccastdf From: ccastdf@prism.gatech.EDU (Dave) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc Subject: Re: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me (no RAM, system wont even do BIOS) Message-ID: <22584@hydra.gatech.EDU> Date: 22 Feb 91 04:22:00 GMT References: <61157@eerie.acsu.Buffalo.EDU> Organization: Georgia Institute of Technology Lines: 25