lloyd@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Williams Lloyd) (05/28/91)
Last Friday my PS/2 30 -286 crashed. The error message it gives on rebooting is 2401. On running the test program on the startup disk the test reports a 2402. Error could someone tell me what these mean. The symptoms are the color screen has gone black and white, and the image is obscured by "snow". A dealer I talked said this would require a new mother board for $595, is there any alternative. Could I replace the mother board with a clone board, or is it possible to trade in my damaged board as part payment on a new one.
du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu (Ted Goldstein) (05/29/91)
In article <1991May28.150434.15503@sci.ccny.cuny.edu> lloyd@sci.ccny.cuny.edu (Williams Lloyd) writes: >Last Friday my PS/2 30 -286 crashed. The error message it >gives on rebooting is 2401. On running the test program on >the startup disk the test reports a 2402. Error could someone >tell me what these mean. The symptoms are the color screen >has gone black and white, and the image is obscured by "snow". >A dealer I talked said this would require a new mother board >for $595, is there any alternative. Could I replace the mother board >with a clone board, or is it possible to trade in my damaged board >as part payment on a new one. Another alternative is to send the motherboard to a indepenedant repair shop such as Computer Component Repair Service (Lisle, IL, 1-708-515-1120) or American Computer Repair (Allentown, PA, 1-215- 391-0100). These places will fix the board for a flat fee (I think around $250 for the model 30) and offer some kind of warranty. Call them for details. These are just two of many repair shops available that I happended to have dealt with, I in no way endorse them over any of their competitors. Before sending off your motherboard, you may want to double check that it is the problem by trying out your monitor on someone elses PS/2. Hope this helps, good luck! - - - --- Ted Goldstein E-mail: du4@mace.cc.purdue.edu Network and Systems Admninistrator Phone : (317) 494-9070 Purdue University School of Technology Office: Knoy Hall, Rm G009 Philosophy's alright, when you have a house to think about it in-Arlo Guthrie