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Hi People, Brain has just engaged, there is a fix for this, it affects various Thinkpads especially the 600 and 770. Take this link, its an error in device manager and you need a registry patch to resolve it. http://www-3.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?lndocid=DSHY-3VQQS6 Read the txt...

I just had a look and the 'Award' bios has this description, Repeating High/Low...... CPU..................... Either the CPU is not seated properly or the CPU is damaged. May also be due to excess heat. Check the CPU fan or BIOS settings for proper fan speed. Michael

This is the URL, there is a lot of documentation. http://www.bioscentral.com/ This is just the Bios bit, most errors have been collected into an easily readable form. AMI BIOS Beep Codes AST BIOS Beep Codes Award BIOS Beep Codes Compaq BIOS Beep Codes IBM BIOS Beep Codes Mylex BIOS Beep...

What can I say, IBM beep codes, 1 short = normal POST = sysyem is booting properly 2 short = initialisation error = error code is displayed 1 long 1 short = system board error 1 long 2 short = video adapter error 1 long 3 short = EGA/VGA adapter error 3 long 3270 = keyboard adapter error...

Hi Jonjo, Follow this link, download Drive Function test, generate a boot diskette and then you can check out your deskstar. http://www.hgst.com/hdd/support/download.htm regards Michael

Hi...follow the link for the MM above. Page 248-> will show you how to remove and re-install your drives. Michael

Hi Ed, Havent seen a punch or verifier for years, I still have about 1 doz punch cards for cleaning contacts. The 2311 and 2314 with the 2841 controller were old design heads with hydraulic actuator. The 3330's had that enormous magnet and voice coil motor. The 3340 I think were the new thin...

Sorry Fallyhag, new to me, the obvious course I guess, as its new. Take it back. Michael

Ok Ed, truce.. I always thought the Winchester drive was called after Winchester England as its 3 miles from IBM Hursley who in the 70's was one of the 3 main disk research locations. The others being Sindelfingen in Germany and San Jose in California (Almaden & Los Gatos). Well some guy said...

Hmm, Crackling makes me think of awful electrical things...but this surely couldnt be hard disk activity that you can hear? regards Michael

Sorry Ed I disagree, modern heads are latched back. Winchester is the name of the IBM plant where this technology was developed. I do not rememeber a 1416 as a diskdrive..it was a removable print train cartridge for an IBM1403 line printer. regards Michael. Try here if you fancy some disk...

As Chaps says, it monitors the drive dynamically and yes it does take a small overhead. Alignment doesn't exist as such. Between each track is a 'guard band' so ergo one each side of a track and the heads track by dynamically using the guard bands. regards Michael.

Hmmm, NTTO... but I'll answer your question. A long time ago IBM developed disk drives that had a removable cartridge. Thes were quite large about 15 inches diameter and weighed about 10 pounds, contained the platters and read/write heads and a shutter door that sealed them for removal. These...

Hmm The CIH virus is called chernobyl faq615-1866

Well James, I have to put my fourpence in. I have worked in ISA and microchannel architecture and IRQ 15 is max to my current knowledge. It is electrical lines on the bus, but not 16 (0-15) it is 4. The IRQ's are counted in binary so its 1/2 a byte. An IRQ is an interrupt in old currency and...