deba@umcp-cs.UUCP (Deba Patnaik) (09/03/86)
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
pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov) (09/12/86)
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