Russ,
Thanks for the help but you're too slow, I already figured it out. The
two MCA cards that I posted on the mailing list last night came out of the
P70. I found a GOOD site at "ftp.pc.ibm.com/pub/pccbbs/refdisks". It has
EVERTHING there! The regular IBM tech support website is a joke. BTW I
got the complete sales information from IBM on disks too. Let me know if
you want a copy of it. Which model P70s do you have? I have a 121 (386DX-20
8 meg RAM 170 Mb ESDI hard drive). How do you like the CPU upgrade? I'm
considering doing that to this one but I'm not sure if I'm going to keep
this yet. Any idea where I can get the cable for the external storage
device? (#2716 P/N 23F2716).
Joe
At 04:05 PM 12/11/98 -0600, you wrote:
>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 - 21:33:05 GMT