pjh@mccc.UUCP (Peter J. Holsberg) (04/10/88)
Strangest darned thing happened yesterday. I hit the reset button on my
3b1 and it started to reboot, but after displaying
Seaching hard disk
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it quit! And each time, I hit the reset button, the same thing happened.
So I tried the diagnostics floppy, and ran the HD, keyboard, video,
memory, and processor tests, and the machine passed all of them. I
tried to reboot, and it stuck in the same place.
Then I booted the diagnostics floppy again, and ran the non-destructive
surface test. It came up with 11 bad blocks. Next I reformated the HD
and installed the Foundation Set (3.51) again. Everything seemed fine.
I installed the communications s/w, and then hit reset again. Guess
what? It locked up in the same place!
I'm presently mystified. Anyone have any ideas?
How long is the warranty on a 3b1??
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