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From: mg@notecnirp.Princeton.EDU (Michael Golan)
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Subject: 386 Wont boot (Beeps) - Please Help!
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Date: 17 Jul 89 00:01:54 GMT
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I have a 386/20 system with AMI Bios and Chips & Tech. chip set (xx206 and 
xx301 to xx306) with 1M of SIMM (4x256Kx9) on board.

Yesterday, the machine froze. When I tried to reset it, It started with the
usual 1st beep, then a series of 8 beeps, and then it went into a loop 
of 5 beep - wait. There is nothing on the screen.

I have tried to reset the CMOS ram which keeps internal registers info for the
C&T chip set, but this didn't help (Previously The same symptoms occured when
I played with the setup program and put illegal values in these registers. In
those cases a reset of the CMOS made the trick). I have also tried to take out
all the cards on the bus. I am pretty sure the 386 itself works since the
beeps timing changes with the "turbo" speed switch.

I would appriciate any information. One of the C&T chips is probably checked
very early in the boot stage, and it failed. But which one? Or can this be
a memory problem?

Thanks
  Michael Golan
  mg@princeton.edu