KLund1
Veteran Member
Hi ALL,
I am now getting the pictured error on every boot.
After a good cleaning, it booted with this error, and asked for F# to get to the BIOS to set things up. I did not change anything , just saved what was there. it them moved on to boot WIN2K. After proper shut down, I removed just the CPU fan, not the sink. It need a little more cleaning.
When I rebooted about ten minutes later, I get this error. I can't get past this splash screen with this error. I press F1, F2,F10, or F12 many times during POST and I can not get to the bios screen. The the CMOS battery has been removed the whole time.
Retroweb has this board, but the service manual is for slightly different boards. Those have Clear CMOS pins. The pictured board, also is what I have, seems to not have clear cmos pins.
Error 00CE is a DMA error in channel 7 transfer count register. (whatever that means)
So, I kind think the bios is now corrupted? And there is no way to boot it to load a bios file. (also, I can not find any bios files this range of computers online)
Is board and PC no a door stop?
Any thoughts or suggestions?
I am now getting the pictured error on every boot.
After a good cleaning, it booted with this error, and asked for F# to get to the BIOS to set things up. I did not change anything , just saved what was there. it them moved on to boot WIN2K. After proper shut down, I removed just the CPU fan, not the sink. It need a little more cleaning.
When I rebooted about ten minutes later, I get this error. I can't get past this splash screen with this error. I press F1, F2,F10, or F12 many times during POST and I can not get to the bios screen. The the CMOS battery has been removed the whole time.
Retroweb has this board, but the service manual is for slightly different boards. Those have Clear CMOS pins. The pictured board, also is what I have, seems to not have clear cmos pins.
IBM NetVista A40 Types 6568, 6578, 6648
IBM NetVista A40 Types 6568, 6578, 6648 is a motherboard based on the Intel 815E (Solano-2) chipset. Get specs, BIOS, documentation and more!
theretroweb.com
So, I kind think the bios is now corrupted? And there is no way to boot it to load a bios file. (also, I can not find any bios files this range of computers online)
Is board and PC no a door stop?
Any thoughts or suggestions?