[jameyshepherd72]

Hey all Yesterday i finally got power to my very first new to me 2002 VM1, its been unhooked from power for about a month. When i turn on the power i get the BIOS Configuration information screen says something about "Unknown Flash" and it goes to loading executive please wait and then it reboots and does all that again... over and over.
Anybody here seen this before and know how to fix it any and all help would be greatly appreciated.

[bloke]

Enter the BIOS pages and find the hard disk settings and post them here.
You should have cylinders, heads, sectors, wpcom, lzone and the access type (lba, chs or similar).

[jameyshepherd72]

Enter the BIOS pages and find the hard disk settings and post them here.
You should have cylinders, heads, sectors, wpcom, lzone and the access type (lba, chs or similar).

Hey bloke,
man thanks for the response I appreciate it alot here's the info you asked for.

Primary master. Size 1703m. Cyls 825. Head 64.

Precomp 0. Land2 0. Sector 63. Mode LBA.

[bloke]

They seem ok. You may need to reload the software. Do you know which version you were running?
Are there any disks in a folder in the back cabinet?

[wmgeorge]

If its been setting that long I would sure replace the Bios system battery. That might be the only issue.

[GME]

Since we're discussion BIOS, go the the computer mfg's website, get the bios for your computer and reinstall it. You might even find there's an updated version. Can't hurt, and may take care of your problem.

Gary

[jameyshepherd72]

thanks guys got it up put in systems disc and ran thru the on screen instructions and its up but not running the ATC is not in home position and i cant get it to rotate to 0 or 60 i have even tried pushing the actuator buttons but it dont do anything ....got any ideas on this??