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From: jca@pnet01.cts.com (John C. Archambeau)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.misc
Subject: Re: PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE help me (no RAM, system wont even do BIOS)
Message-ID: <7703@crash.cts.com>
Date: 23 Feb 91 04:56:02 GMT
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Organization: People-Net [pnet01], El Cajon CA
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v087mxgb@ubvmsa.cc.buffalo.edu (Shawn E Thompson) writes:
>I am asembling a 80286-12 system. I have everything hooked up,
>no RAM, no floppies. I turned it on to test power. The poweer
>LED came on, hard drive spooled up, but then nothing.....
>no video, no error beeps, no BIOS, nothing!
 
You need at least one bank of RAM just to bring the system up.

     // JCA

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