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In article: <816968126snz@grempc.demon.co.uk>  Graham E Kinns
<Graham@grempc.demon.co.uk> writes:
>
> Nigel Weatherby <nigel@astaroth.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > Ravenscliffe High School, a special school near Halifax were
> > donated 5 ps/2 model 55sx mca pc's, they have been getting a fair
> > amount of use and recently one of them refused to boot with the
> > error number 10483 and instructions to look this up in the ibm
> > manual:-)
> > 1, We don't have a manual.
>
> I just so happen to have a number of PS/2 55sx Quick Reference
> guides, 1st Edn 1989, as new, to hand (long story ..) but if you've
> figured out which box is the monitor, where the floppy disk goes and
> which way up, then I don't think it's of much use :-) but I can drop
> one in the post if you mail me an address.
>
> > 2, We don't know what the error is.
>
> You need to boot from the ref disk according to the manual ..
> anything more tricky than checking everything is switched on and
> plugged in ends in the phrase "have the system unit serviced" :-(
>
> > 3, We don't have a reference disk either.
>
> ftp to ftp.pc.ibm.com, a complete index is in /pub/allfiles.txt
> (360K), (I've just downloaded a new copy myself and the transfer
> rate wasn't too bad) the directory is /pub/refdisks and the file
> you need may well be:
>
> rf5565a.dsk  568039  01-24-95  PS/2 Model 55/65 Ref Disk ver 1.05
>
> I don't know what format that is, presumably either a zip or some
> sort of compressed disk image, but I'm sure someone round 'ere will
>  have been there and done that.
>
All the above information is good. :-)

I have posted a copy of the PS2FAQ30.ZIP file to ftp.demon.co.uk but
the ftp problems mean that it is currently held up. When it is
available, probably in pub/doc/ibmpc but this has yet to be confirmed,
then I suggest that you download it as it is the latest 1/11/95 version.

2.  Your error is defined as: 10483 - PS/2 ESDI Fixed disk controller
    failure, which looks like bad news.

   You will probably find a lot more information on specific errors
   and ways around them, or sources of replacement hardware, on
   comp.sys.ibm.ps2.hardware. I suggest that you suscribe to this
   newsgroup as the readers are very knowledgeable and also very
   helpful... just like on the Demon newsgroups..

3.  Download, in binary mode, two files from ftp.pc.ibm.com:
   /pub/os2_ews/loaddf.zip    Diskette image prg LOADDSKF & SAVEDSKF
   /pub/refdisks/rf5565a.dsk  PS/2 Model 55/65 Ref Disk ver 1.05

  Unzip loaddf.zip and read the instructions which tell you how to
  create a Reference Diskette using loaddskf.exe and rf5565a.dsk.

  Boot from this reference diskette and reply 'y' when it asks if
  you want to automatically reconfigure the system.

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Ian Wilson
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England