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From: ellisond@gtephx.UUCP (Dell Ellison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Packard Bell 286
Summary: Yes, me too.
Message-ID: <43939203.190fc@gtephx.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jun 89 20:47:22 GMT
References: <1387@xn.LL.MIT.EDU> <18718@cup.portal.com>
Organization: AG Communication Systems, Phoenix, Arizona
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In article <18718@cup.portal.com>, rwp@cup.portal.com (Roger William Preisendefer) writes:
> My new Packard Bell '286 machine is showing an odd flaw.  After it has been
> off for a while (t > 6 hours) it will refuse to boot from the hard drive.
> It will boot perfectly from floppy, and has no trouble accessing the
> hard disk.  If on for more than 1 minute, it can be rebooted from the
> HD without difficulty.

Actually, I have been having the same problem with my Packard Bell computer (not
a 286).  It came with a 30 meg. hard disk drive.  I hadn't linked it to the
greater-than-six-hours thing, but now that you mention it, that's what it 
seems like, I think.  I was just going to call Packard Bell and insist that
they replace it, but that might not fix the problem if other people are
having that same problem.  Have you heard any more about it?

Dell Ellison