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To: pingpong@milton.acs.washington.edu
Subject: Re: Help with Epson Equity II, DOESN'T BOOT!
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
In-Reply-To: <2292@milton.acs.washington.edu>
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In article <2292@milton.acs.washington.edu> you write:
>This is for a friend of mine :
>
>Hi,
>
>I have just bought an Epson Equity II with 640K memory, 1 1.2M floppy drive
>and a 20M hard drive.
>
>This morning when I turned on my computer. It did the usual memory check
>and then it displays '1701' on the screen and just hangs there. No response.
>Only with a blinking cursor.
>
>Could anyone tell me what's wrong? Is my hard drive dead? Please help!!!
>(I tried booting from A drive, and it was ok. I am using DOS 3.1)
>
>-Gilbert
>
>-Jimmy.



the 1701 error indicates a problem with either the hard disk 
controller, or the hard disk itself..  my guess is that the 
controller, or the cables connected to it are not secured to 
the system board..  open the box, and ensure that all connections
are intact...


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