Hard disk problem for an IBM 80286

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Dan081

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Hey everyone I have an 80286, I've been using it for years, and it's got a huge problem since I moved it. When you turn it on, after it shuts off the hard drive it says... 1780-Disk0 failure, and "System 162 Options not set" then it says "Resume F1 key". So I got the diagnostics floppy disk (amazingly it still works) So it says on the hard disk "Hard Disk Type 8" It was right, when I first opened it up, none of the hard drive cables were connected, so I reconnected them, the same problem is still there! Can anyone help me out on this?
 
You must have moved it while the computer was powered up?

At the very least, if the cable disconnected while the computer was booted up, you may need to reinstall Windows.

Worst case, you fried the drive.
 
It doesn't have windows, the 80286 was made in 1982, and it has MS-Dos 5, so I'm checking later the interior.
 
Dan081 said:
Hey everyone I have an 80286, I've been using it for years, and it's got a huge problem since I moved it. When you turn it on, after it shuts off the hard drive it says... 1780-Disk0 failure,
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The obvious from the move was having the cables come loose. However if you fixed that one make sure the data ribbon and the power cable is seated properly on both the MB and the drive. The ribbon may not be keyed so make sure it is on correctly. If the drive light for the HDD does not go off or the drive doesn't spin up it may be that the ribbon is not on right. Pin one to pin one marked by an arrow on the connectors.

If you are sure that the cables are correct and the drive spins up properly then move to the next step.

Dan081 said:
and "System 162 Options not set" then it says "Resume F1 key". So I got the diagnostics floppy disk (amazingly it still works) So it says on the hard disk "Hard Disk Type 8" It was right, when I first opened it up, none of the hard drive cables were connected, so I reconnected them, the same problem is still there! Can anyone help me out on this?
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This relates to the CMOS. It is possible that the battery is low or dead and the CMOS is not holding the set up information. If you have a battery tester check the battery. If dead you would then need to replace the battery and on re-boot go into the BIOS and re-set everything. Depending on age and BIOS design it might not have auto detect for the HDD. In which case you would need to enter the HDD parameters manually. The parameters for the drive would be cylinders, heads, sectors, precomp, etc. These should be printed on the HD label. The BIOS drive table should have a "type 8" setting which will correspond to the drive parameters of your drive.

Running the drive set up utility should set the CMOS for you as far as the drive, but you may still have to go into the CMOS to set the other options manually. I can't be sure of that since in those days the manufactures all had a different utility for setting up their drives.
 
I found the problem, the hard disk was disconnected at both ends when I hooked it up, and a month ago I connected the disk cables, but the cables on the other side are disconnected so I need to find out where on the mother board I connect the hard disk cable, but one problem, there are no ports that I can find, but I'll eventually fix it thanks for your help, hopefully the disk still works.
 
I was wrong, it was connected, I think the hard disk files are corrupted, or it is fried, oh well, better change the hard disk (good thing I found out there was another one, I just figured it out like 20 minutes ago.) Changing the hard disk should be fun.
 
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