Installation guide

HARD DISK DRIVE ERROR MESSAGES
(Not Necessarily Hard Drive Fallures)
PROBLEM: 1701 error (Drive Not Ready).
----SOLUTION: A. -- Drive not formatted. press F1 to continue.
PROBLEM: 1 780 error
SOLUTION: A. Check for proper drive select.
B. Check ribbon cables at controller for proper
pin one (1) alignment
C. Verify that the 20 pin ribbon cable is connected
to the correct port on the controller card.
D. Replace 20 pin ribbon cable.
E.
Replace controller card.
PROBLEM: Error Code 20
SOLUTION: A. Check for proper drive select~
B. Check ribbon cables at controller for proper
pin one (1) alignment.
C. Verify that the 20 pin ribbon cable is connected to
the correct port on the controller card.
D. Check for proper installation of the controller card
in the expansion slot.
E. Replace controller card.
PROBLEM: Error Code 80
SOLUTION: A. Check for proper drive select.
B. Check 34 pin and 20 pin ribbon cables for
proper installation.
C. Replace controller card.
PROBLEM: "Error Reading Fixed Disk" when booting the system.
SOLUTION: A. Primary DOS partition not active.
PROBLEM: ''Track Zero Bad-Disk Unusable"
SOLUTION: A. Reformat hard disk with DOS 3.0 or higher.
B. Access the config.sys file. make buffers = 99,
and reformat hard disk. After the fonnat is
complete. lower buffers to their original
configuration.
PROBLEM: "Error Reading Track 0"
SOLUTION:
A. Hard disk not formatted.
PROBLEM: Low level Fonnat Takes Too Long.
SOLUTION: A. 20 pin ribbon cable connected to the wrong port
on the controller card.
B. Check ribbon cables at controller for proper pin
one (1) alignment.
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