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From: dsew@uhura.cc.rochester.edu (David Sewell)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: How to reset CMOS configuration that prevents booting?
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Date: 28 May 90 16:28:38 GMT
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In article <2660c0d9-1d55.2comp.sys.ibm.pc-1@vpnet.chi.il.us> drp@vpnet.chi.il.us (Douglas Pokorny) writes:
>Here's a new one for you -- hold down the INSert key when powering up -- don't
>let go until the "memory counting" starts.  That <ought> to cause the computer
>to ignore the extended CMOS ram settings.
>
>btw--I own a 386 based system with the C&T chipset & AMI bios, I ran into
>a simial problem myself while messing around with wait-states etc, then
>I did something new and exciting!! I read the manual!

Point of the original posting was that the manual *didn't document* the
solution.  OK, so maybe we should be buying Big Blue or Compaq instead
of clones, but here's a sample of what I encountered when I had similar
boot problems with my C&T, AMI 386SX.
   Manual section "Power on the System": "In the unlikely event that
errors are encountered, you might need to troubleshoot your system.
[!!!]  (Please refer to the troubleshooting section in Appendix 1 for
details.)"
   Appendix 1 offers the enormously useful advice of checking cable
connections, nothing else remotely relevant except this only:
   "Cannot reset the computer while pressing the 'reset' button:  1)
Turn off your system.  Turn it back on after a few seconds.  2) Have
your system serviced if item 1 cannot solve the problem."
   Yeah, sure, we're going to ship our machines back to Chicago or
wherever because the !$#@ manual didn't mention pressing the INS key on
powerup...  Luckily there's comp.sys.ibm.pc!
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| David Sewell, English Dep't, University of Rochester, New York USA |
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