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bios/cmos for IBM PS 1
Name: ralphplu Date: November 13, 2003 at 23:34:47 Pacific OS: removed CPU/Ram: unknown
Comment:
I have a IBM PS 1 type 2121-c42, s/n 23-2603033 that the previous owner removed/deleted/formatted the hard drive and deleted DOS along with his personal files. In the process drive"A" access was disabled so now I cannot load any replacement OS as this is the only drive. My question is how do I access the bios or cmos to enable drive A again so I can get this thing running again? Thank you, Ralph
Name: Ralph Plucinski Date: November 14, 2003 at 07:26:16 Pacific
Reply:
Jack...
It would be nice if I could use a setup disk or any disk for that matter, except my one and only drive (A) is disabled. I can't load a thing until I get into BIOS and change the settings.
Thanks, Ralph
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Response Number 3
Name: Mick C Date: November 14, 2003 at 08:34:02 Pacific
Reply:
Ralph,
On older IBM PC's the only way into the BIOS is by the Setup Diskette. You will need to create it on a differant machine!
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Response Number 4
Name: Petit Jean Date: November 14, 2003 at 16:11:08 Pacific
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The 2121-C42 PS/1 has VGA colour ,40M hard disk, 2M ram memory and 1.44 Diskette drive.It has little provision for expansion like the more modern AT computers had.It is a 386SX model.Follow Ralph's advice and you should be able to test the PS/1 .Good luck.
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Response Number 5
Name: sunny Date: November 29, 2003 at 03:33:56 Pacific
Reply:
YEs it's very easy Just boot from a floppy or HDD Run debug -o 70 2f -o 71 ff -q It'll reset the BIOS Just restart.
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