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Old January 30th 05, 03:33 AM
Tanya
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hi Trent©
thanks for replying...
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"Trent©" wrote:

ibm aptiva 2159-s90 (1997; split system;


What's a 'split system'?


has media console (aka access station) (a-drive, floppy drive and power
switch)
goes (via a cable) to the media console controller card which is in an isa
slot on the board.



win95B) SUDDENLY for no reason,
had post-start-up errors (date and time change (they hadn't changed)


What do you mean 'they hadn't changed'?


they were correct for the time and date (the numbers in the cmos settings.)
it was jan 27th at 9:00 am (which is what the pc bios stated)
?

How many floppy drives do you have? What size are they?


one: 1.44 mb 3.5"

the floppy was fine (basically)


What do you mean 'basically'?


hardware wise it was great. worked

i changed the battery last pm and it
wouldn't pass the post (at all)


What do you mean 'wouldn't pass the post'? What EXACTLY happened?
Any error messages?


the early ibm aptivas used the ibm bios called "the ibm surepath setup
utility" i thought that perhaps someone reading this post would have one and
or know how to set them to default.......
error messages:
"162 Configuration Change has occurred"
"163 Date and Time Incorrect"
"1802 adapter card resource error"
etc.

cleared the cmos (paper btwn clip and battery overnight)


You clear the BIOS by use of a jumper...and then only momentarily.


not on this one you don't.

Go
get a new batter from Radio Shack and put it in.


i did that 2 days ago

It seems like the
battery is the biggest part of your problem so far.


i wish

many post-start-up errors (some phantom)


it had error messages that weren't actually true for example: it would
display an error that the floppy drive was not present(but the cmos settings
the floppy was present and set up right)

currently: the cd-rom (in the media console)


What is a 'media console'?


above

Try another cd and see if the rom can read it.

the post-start-up error now is: "adapter card resource error" which i
think refers to the media console controller card (since it's in an isa
slot)
i have NO CLUE what to do about that.


Most of your problems probably have come about because your EZBios has
reset itself to the default settings.


it did not reset itself.

i need to test the psu


Do this...

Get the CMOS battery...put it in. Then disconnect the hard drive.
Then boot the machine into the BIOS...and make sure all the settings
are correct for your machine. Then power down...unplug...and plug in
all drives. Record any error messages you may get...and get back to
us.

When the CMOS battery is getting low, you'll start to lose time on the
computer (other things can cause this also, however). This is a good
warning that you should replace the battery soon. So its a good idea
NOT to run programs that'll automatically go out and reset the time on
your computer.

If you get several bad or incorrect boots, most EZBios will finally
boot to default, safe settings. This may have happened in your
situation.

Get a good battery...then we can continue.


what next?



Have a nice one...

Trent©

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