The Lazarus Project; or, getting old ain't for sissies!

MadMike · 05-12-07, 05:06 PM

I usually see a lot of old systems at places like Salvation Army and Waterfront Mission, Goodwill, etc. Great places to find old National Geographic maps, books, furniture, etc.

Yours, Mike

Onkel Neal · 05-12-07, 11:03 PM

Ok, status update: I pulled the PS so I could get at the motherboard battery. It was still a struggle, but I got it out. I went to Circuit City and had the Joe grab a new one. Got home, put it in... it was too thin and the little clip did not press it down properly

So I will go back tomorrow and ask for a "thicker" one. Alas.

Iceman · 05-12-07, 11:27 PM

You can get those batterys from any drug store too...popping those batterys out was the way to get around someone who has passworded the boot sequence...btw some of those cmos batterys were never made to be removed...

the best part about messing with that computer is ya can't really go wrong now can ya

...if the clip wont sit it securely insert a few small layers of tin foil to make contact

Onkel Neal · 05-12-07, 11:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iceman

You can get those batterys from any drug store too...popping those batterys out was the way to get around someone who has passworded the boot sequence...btw some of those cmos batterys were never made to be removed...

the best part about messing with that computer is ya can't really go wrong now can ya

...if the clip wont sit it securely insert a few small layers of tin foil to make contact

Good idea about the tinfoil, I'll try it. thanks

Onkel Neal · 05-13-07, 04:41 PM

Ok, got another battery, a thicker one that happened to match the same part number as the old one

Now, when the PC is turned on, it take about 30 seconds before the monitor kicks in, and then it only displays the two lines of text describing the video card, it does not even go forward to the POST or IBM setup utility screen....

Onkel Neal · 05-13-07, 07:19 PM

Oh boy, something is happening... after rebooting about 30 times, it now goes to the IBM POST screen and the Ram counts up, but reeeeeeeaaaly slowly. When it gets to 97MB of Ram, nothing happens and F1 won't take it to the setup utility.

I am thinking I may try plugging in another hard drive and see what happens. Or it may be time to build a new Olde PC. Parts should be cheap

I need a Pentium 133 and MB, a 64MB ram chip, and a Soundblaster 16 ISA card.:hmm:

fatty · 05-13-07, 07:26 PM

Hmmmm. Perhaps time to start swapping out components to test for defective hardware.

05-12-07, 11:03 PM	#2
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ok, status update: I pulled the PS so I could get at the motherboard battery. It was still a struggle, but I got it out. I went to Circuit City and had the Joe grab a new one. Got home, put it in... it was too thin and the little clip did not press it down properly So I will go back tomorrow and ask for a "thicker" one. Alas. __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

05-13-07, 07:19 PM	#6
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Oh boy, something is happening... after rebooting about 30 times, it now goes to the IBM POST screen and the Ram counts up, but reeeeeeeaaaly slowly. When it gets to 97MB of Ram, nothing happens and F1 won't take it to the setup utility. I am thinking I may try plugging in another hard drive and see what happens. Or it may be time to build a new Olde PC. Parts should be cheap I need a Pentium 133 and MB, a 64MB ram chip, and a Soundblaster 16 ISA card.:hmm: __________________ SUBSIM - 26 Years on the Web

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05-12-07, 05:06 PM	#1
MadMike Watch Officer Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 342 Downloads: 241 Uploads: 0	I usually see a lot of old systems at places like Salvation Army and Waterfront Mission, Goodwill, etc. Great places to find old National Geographic maps, books, furniture, etc. Yours, Mike

05-12-07, 11:27 PM	#3
Iceman Ace of the Deep Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Mesa AZ, Arizona, USA Posts: 1,253 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	You can get those batterys from any drug store too...popping those batterys out was the way to get around someone who has passworded the boot sequence...btw some of those cmos batterys were never made to be removed... the best part about messing with that computer is ya can't really go wrong now can ya ...if the clip wont sit it securely insert a few small layers of tin foil to make contact

05-13-07, 04:41 PM	#5
Onkel Neal Born to Run Silent Join Date: Jan 1997 Location: Cougar Trap, Texas Posts: 21,385 Downloads: 541 Uploads: 224	Ok, got another battery, a thicker one that happened to match the same part number as the old one Now, when the PC is turned on, it take about 30 seconds before the monitor kicks in, and then it only displays the two lines of text describing the video card, it does not even go forward to the POST or IBM setup utility screen....

05-13-07, 07:26 PM	#7
fatty The Old Man Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Canada Posts: 1,448 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Hmmmm. Perhaps time to start swapping out components to test for defective hardware.