lordhailsham
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Greetings folks, first off pls accept my apologies for not posting in the Texas Instruments section. My "portable" TI claims to be a 286, so I hope this is the correct place
Visually very nice condition machine. Not even a spec of dust inside! I replaced the CMOS BR2330 as I assumed it was very much past its sell-by date.
Machine powers up, fan running, hard disk whirring and does POST an then asks for F1. The original keyboard does not respond to F1 or anything. I swapped out the keyboard with PS/2 adapter and known good PS/2 keyboard. Sadly no luck (F1, etc didnt work)
There's not a ton of info about this machine out there that I can find so any tips or suggestions for what I do next appreciated!
cheers... Andy
286 Modular BIOS Version N3.03
Copyright(c)1984-88 Award Software Inc.
PWS - 286 Professional Workstation
TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #1 ...OK
TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #2 ...OK
TESTING CMOS BATTERY ...FAILED
TESTING CMOS CHECKSUM ...FAILED
TESTING EXTENDED CMOS CHECKSUM ...FAILED
SIZING SYSTEM MEMORY ...640K FOUND
TESTING SYSTEM MEMORY ...640 OK
CHECKING UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTS AND STUCK NMI ...OK
TESTING PROTECTED MODE ...OK
SIZING EXPANSION MEMORY BOARD ...00384K FOUND
TESTING MEMORY IN PROTECTED MODE ...01024 OK
TESTING PROCESSOR EXCEPTION INTERRUPTS ...OK
BIOS SHADOW RAM ...DISABLED
CMOS RAM ERROR,CHECK BATTERY/RUN SETUP
PRESS F1 KEY TO CONTINUE OR CTRL-ALT ESC FOR SETUP...
Visually very nice condition machine. Not even a spec of dust inside! I replaced the CMOS BR2330 as I assumed it was very much past its sell-by date.
Machine powers up, fan running, hard disk whirring and does POST an then asks for F1. The original keyboard does not respond to F1 or anything. I swapped out the keyboard with PS/2 adapter and known good PS/2 keyboard. Sadly no luck (F1, etc didnt work)
There's not a ton of info about this machine out there that I can find so any tips or suggestions for what I do next appreciated!
cheers... Andy
286 Modular BIOS Version N3.03
Copyright(c)1984-88 Award Software Inc.
PWS - 286 Professional Workstation
TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #1 ...OK
TESTING INTERRUPT CONTROLLER #2 ...OK
TESTING CMOS BATTERY ...FAILED
TESTING CMOS CHECKSUM ...FAILED
TESTING EXTENDED CMOS CHECKSUM ...FAILED
SIZING SYSTEM MEMORY ...640K FOUND
TESTING SYSTEM MEMORY ...640 OK
CHECKING UNEXPECTED INTERRUPTS AND STUCK NMI ...OK
TESTING PROTECTED MODE ...OK
SIZING EXPANSION MEMORY BOARD ...00384K FOUND
TESTING MEMORY IN PROTECTED MODE ...01024 OK
TESTING PROCESSOR EXCEPTION INTERRUPTS ...OK
BIOS SHADOW RAM ...DISABLED
CMOS RAM ERROR,CHECK BATTERY/RUN SETUP
PRESS F1 KEY TO CONTINUE OR CTRL-ALT ESC FOR SETUP...