joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) (10/20/89)
I have started seeing this error message on my 40meg PLUS HARDCARD: 1701(B) Controller Error At this point, the harddisk 'light' signal in the top right (mimics the LED) is on solid. Alt-Ctrl-DEL doesn't help. A power off/on is required. It tends to happen with the copy command but I have determined that the file(s) themselves are quite readable. Any ideas? Thanks, joec@morgan.com
unkydave@shumv1.uucp (David Bank) (10/22/89)
In article <457@ringwood.Morgan.COM> joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) writes: >I have started seeing this error message on my 40meg >PLUS HARDCARD: > 1701(B) Controller Error >At this point, the harddisk 'light' signal in the top >right (mimics the LED) is on solid. Alt-Ctrl-DEL doesn't >help. A power off/on is required. > >It tends to happen with the copy command but I have determined >that the file(s) themselves are quite readable. > >Any ideas? > >Thanks, >joec@morgan.com Run, do NOT walk, to your hard drive backup facilities and utilize them IMMEDIATELY. Do not wait a second. Do it NOW. It would appear that the low-level formatting on the drive is beginning to weaken. 1701 is a general drive failure code and is BAD NEWS. Reformat that drive after backing it up. Not just "Format C:" but a low-level format. If you don't know how to do that, contact the manufacturer. People, when you get errors like this on boot-up, particularly after many weeks/months/years of faithful service, your computer is trying to tell you something is very wrong. Those built-in diagnostics are there for a reason: so you find out that you need to re-format BEFORE you actually need to do it! Unky Dave unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu
mcdonald@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu (10/23/89)
In article <457@ringwood.Morgan.COM> joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) writes: >I have started seeing this error message on my 40meg Okay, how about this: I am writing a program for Micros**t Windows. When I put a bug in the program (Often!) Windows dies and it is the big black (this is a Dell 310 with a 150 meg hard disk) switch. When I turn it back on, it says "configuration error - run setup" and double beeps. When I turn it off again and back on, all is normal. I can't find anything else wrong with the machine - no disk files get corrupted- nothing wrong. When I turn it off normally and back on, it works right. What is going on? Doug McDonald
mrichey@orion.oac.uci.edu (Mike Richey) (10/24/89)
In article <4268@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes: >In article <457@ringwood.Morgan.COM> joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) writes: >>I have started seeing this error message on my 40meg >>PLUS HARDCARD: >> 1701(B) Controller Error >>At this point, the harddisk 'light' signal in the top >>right (mimics the LED) is on solid. Alt-Ctrl-DEL doesn't >>help. A power off/on is required. >>joec@morgan.com # # Run, do NOT walk, to your hard drive backup facilities and utilize #them IMMEDIATELY. Do not wait a second. Do it NOW. # # It would appear that the low-level formatting on the drive #is beginning to weaken. 1701 is a general drive failure code and #is BAD NEWS. Reformat that drive after backing it up. Not just #"Format C:" but a low-level format. If you don't know how to do #that, contact the manufacturer. # # People, when you get errors like this on boot-up, particularly #after many weeks/months/years of faithful service, your computer is #trying to tell you something is very wrong. Those built-in #diagnostics are there for a reason: so you find out that you need #to re-format BEFORE you actually need to do it! The Bios on the Plus Hard controller will not allow you to low level format the disk. So that suggestion is out. When did you purchase you PLUS? Since about Jan 1989 PLus has been offering 2 year warranty on their products. But you're going to have to have the original paperwork from your dealer, and you'll have to do to an AUTHORIZED Plus dealer to handle the warranty exchange. Good luck Michael S. Richey Internet: mrichey@orion.oac.uci.edu Bitnet: MRichey@UCI CompuServe: 71650,3132 Voice: (714) 856-8374 University of California, Irvine Network and Telecommunications Services 342 Computer Science Irvine, CA 92717