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From: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: UNIX PC won't boot
Keywords: just displays squares
Message-ID: <269@uncle.UUCP>
Date: 25 May 88 03:46:47 GMT
References: <688@varian.UUCP>
Reply-To: jbm@uncle.UUCP (John B. Milton)
Organization: Just me and my computer, Columbus Ohio
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In article <688@varian.UUCP> david@varian.UUCP (David Brown) writes:
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>the diagnostic disk is inserted, it just spins it), and I get
>little boxes on the screen every few seconds.  Also, the 4 lights

The little boxes in the upper left corner of the screen indicate that
the boot ROM is waiting on hard disk or floppy disk ready. Evidently
it is getting neither. I would open the machine and reseat all cables
and ICs that are in sockets. Do not attempt to boot first, just try to
get the diagnostics up first

John
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