lindley@ut-ngp.UTEXAS (John L. Templer) (08/06/85)
I have two TI Proffesional Portable Computers under my care, and both seem to be victims of power surges. One of them seems completely dead, at least as far as the system board; the power supply and crt seem ok. The second one I'm a little more hopefull about getting repaired soon. It attempts to boot when you turn it on, but displays the message: 'SYSTEM ERROR: 0005', and then locks up. As a side note, the problem started when I left it on overnight so a program could finish running. When I came in the next day, the screen had the message 'SYSTEM ERROR 1041 SYSTEM HALTED', or something like that. It's my suspicion that 0005 is the number of some unit in the machine, hopefully one that can be replaced. But we don't have the technical manual for this pc, nor is it likely we can get one very soon. So, is there anyone out there who can tell me what these two error messages might mean? Please respond by mail, as I don't reguraly read this group. -- ~~ John L. Templer, University of Texas at Austin ~~ {allegra,gatech,seismo!ut-sally,vortex}!ut-ngp!lindley You can't talk in your sleep if you can't sleep.
haddock@waltz (08/14/85)
/* ---------- "fried TI portable PC" ---------- */ [edited] It attempts to boot when you turn it on, but displays the message: 'SYSTEM ERROR: 0005', and then locks up. As a side note, the problem started when I left it on overnight so a program could finish running. When I came in the next day, the screen had the message 'SYSTEM ERROR 1041 SYSTEM HALTED', or something like that. It's my suspicion that 0005 is the number of some unit in the machine, hopefully one that can be replaced. But we don't have the technical reference manual. Nope, no such luck. The error message numbers are basically indicators of what area within the TIP[P]C could be causing the problems and will not ALWAYS point to the real culprit of the problem. Also, I don't believe that the Tech. Ref. Manual has all (or any) of the system error codes. The 0005 is an indication that there is a problem with the system (mother) board RAM when the system is booted. The 1041 is telling you about a RAM parity error that was detected during normal operation. Insufficient cooling could be your problem also. ================================================================ _____ -Rusty- |\/ o \ o | ( -< O o Where's the fish? |/\__V__/ ARPA: Haddock%TI-CSL.csnet@CSNet-Relay.arpa or Rusty@Maryland CSNet: Haddock@TI-CSL USENET: {ut-sally, convex!smu, texsun, rice} ! waltz ! haddock