Dave Farquhar
Experienced Member
So I got a so-called "untested" IBM 5170 type 3 motherboard. We all know what that means. I tested it for shorts and didn't find any, so I figured it would be safe to plug in a video card in and fire it up. The video card initialized and gave me a display right away, which was awesome, so I decided to attach a disk controller and try my luck.
Nothing bad happened, but the system just sat there with a blinking cursor. So I grabbed my POST card and plugged it in, and it's getting hung up on either code 3E or 36. Interestingly, my keyboard does light on power up, but as the system is sitting on 3E or 36, it doesn't respond to caps lock.
I've let the system sit for several minutes, and it just seems to hang on one of those two codes. Am I just being too impatient? Do I need to let it sit longer and see if it decides to try to boot or drop to Basic?
The chips are getting warm, so I know the system is doing something.
Thanks for any insights you may have!
Nothing bad happened, but the system just sat there with a blinking cursor. So I grabbed my POST card and plugged it in, and it's getting hung up on either code 3E or 36. Interestingly, my keyboard does light on power up, but as the system is sitting on 3E or 36, it doesn't respond to caps lock.
I've let the system sit for several minutes, and it just seems to hang on one of those two codes. Am I just being too impatient? Do I need to let it sit longer and see if it decides to try to boot or drop to Basic?
The chips are getting warm, so I know the system is doing something.
Thanks for any insights you may have!
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