[comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc] boot up errors

slusarcz@eniac.seas.upenn.edu (Borys Slusarczuk ) (10/14/90)

I have an orriginal IBM PC that gives me the following errors upon bootup:

4098 201
 301

And then it refuses to boot. When I try turning on the machine without the DOS
disk, it goes to basic (after flashing the error codes).

I know that the 301 error means a bad keyboard (that might explain why the
kerboard isn't working), but what do the rest of the numbers mean?

Any help would be appreciated.

				-Borys
				 slusarcz@eniac.seas.upenn.edu

raymond@math.berkeley.edu (Raymond Chen) (10/14/90)

In article <31162@netnews.upenn.edu>, slusarcz@eniac (Borys Slusarczuk ) writes:
>what do the [boot-time diagnostic] numbers mean?

The file "post" in the comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc archives contains a
rather long list of the Power-On Self-Test error codes.  Instructions
for obtaining this file can be found in the Frequently Asked Questions.