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From: "Peter Kiefer" <xet73@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> that can only happen to you my little hänschen
> you are a star
PETER, thanks for the great help - as always
rgds hans
> ----------
> > From: hans esser <he96@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: BIOS and CMOS experts PLEASE !!!
> > Date: 28 June 1998 11:25
> >
> >
> > Somehow I managed to erase my BIOS/CMOS settings in my TS machine - this
> > might have been caused due to a electrical problem here or running
> low on
> > the battery which buffers the data when the PC is switched off. (Pentium
> 90, 32
> > megs, built 1995 and WfW 3.11).
> >
> > Whatever it caused this it what happenend since......
> >
> > I switched the pc on and it reported something like "NO HARDDISK" -
> > huuuh
> ?
> > ...ok after some phone calls to some "experts" I ran the AUTODETECT
> feature
> > and it found it again and buffered the findings - so far so good (BTW I
> had 2
> > emergency boot disks - none of them helped......)
> >
> > TS was up and running fine........I tried to exchange some data from
> > that
>
> > machine to another using LAPLINK and a wire which I have connected
> > permanently between the machine which is using LPT2 on the TS machine
> >
> > - I have a SECOND LPT for that as I had problems with the BLOCK on LPT1
> > and printing at the same time - so I have ONLY the block on LPT1 and use
> > LAPLINK on LPT2
> >
> > Trying to switch LAPLINK into gear failed - suspecting some strange
> problems I
> > ran "MSD" (MS Diagnostics) and got reported that I have only LPT1 (no
> LPT2
> > anymore).......ok went to that part of the BIOS/CMOS setup andt the
> section:
> >
> > ONBOARD PARALELL PORT showed 278H (other options 3bch and 378h)
> > after changing to the latter - MSD reports 2 LPTS - so it looked fine
> > but
> wasnt -
> > now it appeared that LPT1 and LPT2 have been switched around somehow...
> > so that cant be the settings I used before .....I did try other things
> and even put
> > the LAPLINK cable behind the block with the result that TS reported NO
> BLOCK
> > and I lost data.
> >
> > Is anybody able to give some advice from my confused description ?
> >
> > NOW I have
> >
> > LPT1 0378H
> > LPT2 0278H (msd reports ONLINE: NO) ????
> >
> > Is there anything I can take from a BACKUP I have ???? thanks for any
> help
> >
> > rgds hans
>
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