> Manas Mittal wrote:
> >
> > Hi there
> > One of my friend owns a 80486.Well , he can't use it.As soon as he swithces
> > it on , he gets the message "NO ROM BASIC , SYSTEM HALTED".
> > Can anybody help me undestand the problem.
> >
> > Manas
> >
>
I had this problem on an old 386. The problem turned out to be no hard drive
installed AND a bad floppy cable. Apparently when there is nothing to boot to,
the error message will come up. Makes sense. So I'd check all (or at least the
floppy cable) and make sure they are good.
James