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From: mrichey@orion.oac.uci.edu (Mike Richey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: HARDCARD 1701(B) problem
Message-ID: <3543@orion.cf.uci.edu>
Date: 23 Oct 89 17:15:25 GMT
References: <457@ringwood.Morgan.COM> <4268@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: mrichey@orion.oac.uci.edu (Mike Richey)
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In article <4268@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu> unkydave@shumv1.ncsu.edu (David Bank) writes:
>In article <457@ringwood.Morgan.COM> joec@Morgan.COM (Joe Collins) writes:
>>I have started seeing this error message on my 40meg
>>PLUS HARDCARD:
>>  1701(B) Controller Error
>>At this point, the harddisk 'light' signal in the top
>>right (mimics the LED) is on solid. Alt-Ctrl-DEL doesn't
>>help. A power off/on is required.
>>joec@morgan.com
#

#     Run, do NOT walk, to your hard drive backup facilities and utilize
#them IMMEDIATELY. Do not wait a second. Do it NOW.
#
#     It would appear that the low-level formatting on the drive
#is beginning to weaken. 1701 is a general drive failure code and
#is BAD NEWS. Reformat that drive after backing it up. Not just
#"Format C:" but a low-level format. If you don't know how to do
#that, contact the manufacturer.
#


# People, when you get errors like this on boot-up, particularly
#after many weeks/months/years of faithful service, your computer is
#trying to tell you something is very wrong. Those built-in
#diagnostics are there for a reason: so you find out that you need
#to re-format BEFORE you actually need to do it!

The Bios on the Plus Hard controller will not allow you to low level
format the disk. So that suggestion is out. When did you purchase you PLUS?
Since about Jan 1989 PLus has been offering 2 year warranty on their products.
But you're going to have to have the original paperwork from your dealer, and
you'll have to do to an AUTHORIZED Plus dealer to handle the warranty exchange.

Good luck

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