ButINeededThatName
Experienced Member
So this is going to be a sort of "part 1.5" that will purely be about troubleshooting three of the four PS/2 Model 95s I picked up from Ohio about two weeks ago now that they have been cleaned and reassembled. They're all having their own issues and I figured it may be better and less confusing to outline each system's issue on a seperate thread and see if any of you have some pointers or helpful advice while I go about trying to get these systems to clear POST.
Starting with the 9595A; This one orginaly just powered on with only fan spin, however after re-seating the complex card the hard drive also now spins up and it immediately hangs at CP07, which according to the CP code list over at mcmafia.de is "Enable Base Memory". I re-seated all of the SIMMs (even though that's extended memory I thought it might help) as well as the complex card a second time with no change in behaviour. On a side note, I have an Action Media II adapter installed and I'm attempting to use it as the primary display adapter. While I didn't read anything explicitly saying you can't do this, I'm still unsure if it can be used in this way.
Moving onto the 8595; This one powered up without issue and displays a blinking cursor, but hangs at CP80, which is "Start of IML Process. SCSI POST". The hard drive is insanely loud in this system so I'm wondering if it failed. I plan on swapping drives and seeing if that changes anything.
Finally the 9585; It powers on and the fans spin up (including the one on the processor) and an orange light on the motherboard comes on, but that's it. Even stranger is once this system is on, it stays on, at least until you pull the power cord out of the back. From how it's behaving I'm thinking it's either a processor or power supply failure.
Anyways, that's where I'm currently at with each system. I'm going to continue to see if I can't figure some of these problems out. In the meantime, if any of you have any idea, tips or pointers they would be greatly appreciated!
Starting with the 9595A; This one orginaly just powered on with only fan spin, however after re-seating the complex card the hard drive also now spins up and it immediately hangs at CP07, which according to the CP code list over at mcmafia.de is "Enable Base Memory". I re-seated all of the SIMMs (even though that's extended memory I thought it might help) as well as the complex card a second time with no change in behaviour. On a side note, I have an Action Media II adapter installed and I'm attempting to use it as the primary display adapter. While I didn't read anything explicitly saying you can't do this, I'm still unsure if it can be used in this way.
Moving onto the 8595; This one powered up without issue and displays a blinking cursor, but hangs at CP80, which is "Start of IML Process. SCSI POST". The hard drive is insanely loud in this system so I'm wondering if it failed. I plan on swapping drives and seeing if that changes anything.
Finally the 9585; It powers on and the fans spin up (including the one on the processor) and an orange light on the motherboard comes on, but that's it. Even stranger is once this system is on, it stays on, at least until you pull the power cord out of the back. From how it's behaving I'm thinking it's either a processor or power supply failure.
Anyways, that's where I'm currently at with each system. I'm going to continue to see if I can't figure some of these problems out. In the meantime, if any of you have any idea, tips or pointers they would be greatly appreciated!
