NEC Multispeed boot error... what now?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Fri Apr 12 08:57:08 2002

Rose,

   I still have my MultiSpeed (the original non-hard drive, non-back lit screen version). First you MUST have a good battery. I you don't want to buy a battery just for testing then you need to hook up a good regulated power supply (not a wall wart!) in place of the battery. The MultiSpeed that I have doesn't have the hard rive so I don't know if my DOS disk will work or not but it should at least get it to boot. I know where's there's a hard drive version of the MultiSpeed (MultiSpeed HD) and I may be able to get disks there. However IIRC the MultiSpeed is very IBM compatible and will boot and run IBM DOS. But IBM DOS won't have all the utilities.

    Joe


At 04:07 PM 4/11/02 -0700, you wrote:
> I am hoping you can send me in the right direction for restoring
>this very old laptop that my father gave me. It is posting a message that
>reads as follows: Fixed disk setup (1701) incomplete. Trying to
>boot from A drive: Warning!! Fixed Disk Controller is bad or Low Power,
> Can not boot up from fixed disk, insert system disk drive A or B&#8230;
>Press any key when ready&#8230;. What precisely do I need to look
>for when getting a system disk for this computer? It didn&#8217;t have
>anything in the original bag it came with. The screen reads as follows
>when I turn on the computer: Phoenix ROM BIOS Version 2.51 Copyright
>&copy; 1984,1985,1986 Phoenix Technologies, Inc. NEC Multispeed Please
>offer any guidance you may have! Thanks for you time! Rose
Received on Fri Apr 12 2002 - 08:57:08 BST