XT does not boot when hot

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2 total messages Started by Deba Patnaik Wed, 03 Sep 1986 20:45

#7806

Author: Deba Patnaik
Date: Wed, 03 Sep 1986 20:45

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IBM PC XT with 512K Memory, 10 meg disk and a tape backup unit
does not boot when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed. 
This only happens when it is on for an hour. After Ctrl-Alt-Del
is pressed the hard-drive light stays on and nothing happens. If
I keep a dos diskette in drive A, the same thing happens.
It was taken to a local shop and there was nothing wrong they
could find.

Any idea ?
deba@mimsy.umd.edu      ...ARPA
deba@umcp-cs.csnet
deba@umdc.bitnet

Re: XT does not boot when hot

#7880

Author: 840033
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1986 01:26

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In article <3245@umcp-cs.UUCP>, deba@umcp-cs.UUCP (Deba Patnaik) writes:
> IBM PC XT with 512K Memory, 10 meg disk and a tape backup unit
> does not boot when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed. 
> This only happens when it is on for an hour. After Ctrl-Alt-Del
> is pressed the hard-drive light stays on and nothing happens. If
  We encountered a similar problem after installing a faster disk/controller
  in one of our xt's.  I reinstalled the original disk/controller and the 
  problem went away; our source for the new equipment (PC Connection) said
  that the symptom was indicative of a faulty drive/controller - e.g., inde-
  pendent of my "diagnosis by replacement". 

  Meaningful ? who knows ....

   greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny

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