Help! PS 2 model P70

From: Russ Blakeman <rhblake_at_bigfoot.com>
Date: Fri Dec 11 16:05:06 1998

Joe wrote:

> I have a P70 that won't boot. It displays error numbers 167 and 163. Does
> anyone know anything about these?

As said before, you need the setup disk, known as a "reference disk" as these
are commonly acquanted with a dead battery causing the settings to go away. The
single best source for info and file links for the entire PS/2 line is at
http://members.tripod.com/~ps2page/ and you can then download the P70 reference
disk via this page. Note that the machine is not a model 70 (type 8570) but
rather a P70, (type 8573) so make sure you get the appropriate reference disk
file. Once you download the EXE image, go to the DOS prompt and path to where
the download is.Put a blank 1.44 in the floppy drive and then type the file
name followed by an A: to tell it to run and that you wish to make the disk on
A:....An example would be RF8573.EXE A:

Boot the P70 with the disk and it will most likely ask if you wish to run
auto-config. Yes is a viable option. It may ask you for an additional disk for
an adapter installed (there are 2 mca card slots in the P70) so you need to hit
ESC until you can figure out what the additional ADF file is that you'll need.
I won't go into this unless you hae the problem, so if you do email me direct
and I can help you there.

Should you need a battery, take the old one out and go to the local Walmart,
Kmart, etc and look in their photo batteries. These are marked as an IBM
replacement but are actually a standard photo battery. An IBM "computer"
battery runs about $18 but the same battery packaged as a photo battery goes at
about $10.

If you need a little more help write me direct. I do these all the time and
know them inside out. I have one that's even been upgraded to a 486DX that I
gave my wife, and one to the side that's fully there but has a broken hinge on
the screen mount.

To open the back cover, should you need to, just undo the three captive screws.
One is behind the access door, two on the bottom. Then lightly pry at the
handle area of the cover and it will come up and off. If you find you have a
token ring card in it and you don't have a need for it, pull the card and then
you shouldn't have a need for an ADF file for it. Of course you'll need to
rerun the reference disk.

Russ Blakeman
Received on Fri Dec 11 1998 - 16:05:06 GMT

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