Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!think!mit-eddie!genrad!panda!husc6!hscfvax!pavlov From: pavlov@hscfvax.UUCP (840033@G.Pavlov) Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: XT does not boot when hot Message-ID: <219@hscfvax.UUCP> Date: Thu, 11-Sep-86 21:26:37 EDT Article-I.D.: hscfvax.219 Posted: Thu Sep 11 21:26:37 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 12-Sep-86 07:01:49 EDT References: <3245@umcp-cs.UUCP> Organization: Health Sciences Computing Facility, Harvard University Lines: 15 In article <3245@umcp-cs.UUCP>, deba@umcp-cs.UUCP (Deba Patnaik) writes: > IBM PC XT with 512K Memory, 10 meg disk and a tape backup unit > does not boot when Ctrl-Alt-Del is pressed. > This only happens when it is on for an hour. After Ctrl-Alt-Del > is pressed the hard-drive light stays on and nothing happens. If We encountered a similar problem after installing a faster disk/controller in one of our xt's. I reinstalled the original disk/controller and the problem went away; our source for the new equipment (PC Connection) said that the symptom was indicative of a faulty drive/controller - e.g., inde- pendent of my "diagnosis by replacement". Meaningful ? who knows .... greg pavlov, fstrf, amherst, ny