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On Tue, 21 Jan 1997 billy@MIX.COM wrote: > > Even when trying to boot from the floppy drive, the machine will do > > the memory check and then freeze with the number 84 in the bottom of > > the screen. It will boot to the floppy if the harddisk is displaced > > from the machine. > > I don't know if 84 means a password error but if this is anything > like my 755 you could try booting the hardware maintenance diskette > which has a low-level format utility on it. I bought the one I have > from IBM but I'd guess if it's available at all it'd also be on the > ftp host. The machine won't even boot if the hard drive is installed. It goes through the BIOS check (ram count, check hardware, etc.) and freezes before it even does a floppy seek to begin booting. That's why I convinced IBM it was a hardware problem. -- John H. Kim jokim@mit.edu