Denniske1976
Experienced Member
Hi all,
Next problem with my stable of PS/2 computers, this time a Model 50 (not Z). Other than the harddisk being shot, also the FDD wasn't reading anything but it was just a matter of replacing the caps, so that works now. Harddisk has about 133K of bad clusters, Ref Disk says "Unable to read hard drive type from drive" during auto setup, so I guess I'm gonna have to find another one of those WD-325N drives (and i really want to, because this Model 50 is the quitest PS/2 I've ever heard, the drive is super quiet -except for the "meep meep" sound when active, and this model was also fitted with some kind of Temp Controlled Fan thingie).
Anyhoo, so I've come to terms with the fact that I'll have to go look for another WD-325N drive... other than that it's actually working now. Except for one weird thing:
I replaced the battery, ran auto configuration from the Ref Disk, after that even set the drive type manually to 30 (along with the date and time) and everything seemed working. Now the weird thing -> I can switch off the computer and after some time (let's say a day or maybe 8 - 10 hours) it will lose the configuration again. When I start the computer within 15 mins, 1 hour, 2 hours, it boots up without errors. When I switch it off now, and switch it back on tomorrow again, I get the 161 and 163 (or is it 162 and 163) messages again. Date is gone, harddrive won't be recognised (well, obviously it's shot as I wiped it and that gave me a "sector flagged bad - 0Ah" error), so I can start again with the Ref Disk, do the above things and it will run again for an hour or two (off that is).
Could this be because if the harddrive that's shot? Because the battery is a brand new one and I can read 6.53V right down to the little card connector where the battery holder connects to the mainboard (dunno where else to check for voltage, but if it's holding the config for 2 hours the BIOS chip is receiving voltage OK, I think).
I'd rather not bin this one... it's a really nice and clean machine, just wanted to get it up and running and try to find a new WD-325N drive for it (I know, gonna be a long wait and weirdly the WD-325Q from my Model 30 286 won't fit, I thought they were supposed to be the same drive? But the connector of my Model 50 is wider than the Model 30 286 one).
So uhm, anyone have an idea where this is coming from?
Next problem with my stable of PS/2 computers, this time a Model 50 (not Z). Other than the harddisk being shot, also the FDD wasn't reading anything but it was just a matter of replacing the caps, so that works now. Harddisk has about 133K of bad clusters, Ref Disk says "Unable to read hard drive type from drive" during auto setup, so I guess I'm gonna have to find another one of those WD-325N drives (and i really want to, because this Model 50 is the quitest PS/2 I've ever heard, the drive is super quiet -except for the "meep meep" sound when active, and this model was also fitted with some kind of Temp Controlled Fan thingie).
Anyhoo, so I've come to terms with the fact that I'll have to go look for another WD-325N drive... other than that it's actually working now. Except for one weird thing:
I replaced the battery, ran auto configuration from the Ref Disk, after that even set the drive type manually to 30 (along with the date and time) and everything seemed working. Now the weird thing -> I can switch off the computer and after some time (let's say a day or maybe 8 - 10 hours) it will lose the configuration again. When I start the computer within 15 mins, 1 hour, 2 hours, it boots up without errors. When I switch it off now, and switch it back on tomorrow again, I get the 161 and 163 (or is it 162 and 163) messages again. Date is gone, harddrive won't be recognised (well, obviously it's shot as I wiped it and that gave me a "sector flagged bad - 0Ah" error), so I can start again with the Ref Disk, do the above things and it will run again for an hour or two (off that is).
Could this be because if the harddrive that's shot? Because the battery is a brand new one and I can read 6.53V right down to the little card connector where the battery holder connects to the mainboard (dunno where else to check for voltage, but if it's holding the config for 2 hours the BIOS chip is receiving voltage OK, I think).
I'd rather not bin this one... it's a really nice and clean machine, just wanted to get it up and running and try to find a new WD-325N drive for it (I know, gonna be a long wait and weirdly the WD-325Q from my Model 30 286 won't fit, I thought they were supposed to be the same drive? But the connector of my Model 50 is wider than the Model 30 286 one).
So uhm, anyone have an idea where this is coming from?