Byron,

Thanks for the suggestion but it seems that clearing the CMOS has,at
least for now,worked. I have now been around these machines long
enough to know that what seems fixed in the moment may not be so when
the machine is put back on line (which I have not yet done)...

For future reference just what ARE "those little red washers" <g>

thanks,
Bob Chapel


> Try re-installing the motherboard with the little "red" washers
> underneath against the posts.  I had the same problem and this
> solved it.
>
> Byron Wolter
>
> [log in to unmask] wrote:
> > >
> >         I've seen a problem as you describe. The solution was to disconnect
> > the SMI switch. It should be a momentary close switch, but since the case
> > did not provide one, I observed that putting the turbo switch (three pins),
> > the closed pair, stopped the bios. Putting the open pair produced normal
> > operation, but you could completely stop the PC toggling the turbo.
> >         It seemed a bios bug.
> >
> > >
> > > BTW...stripped the machine down to only video/memory and floppy and
> > > still got the same.
> >
> >         Take out all connections from the case and try again.
> >