Re: WYSE WY2108-01 SETUP Utility

> One not so obvious way to get into setup is to write a bad byte into
> the cmos and then let the system detect the checksum error when it is
> rebooted. Typically it then goes to the setup menu but not always.
> Just remembered, I have a 5-1/4" setup disk for old 286's, somewhere.
> Ah, found! It is labelled AT SETUP -PHOENIX-.

Before I received the SETUP.EXE file from our OEM in France, I had tried using
DEBUG and typing in commands that were listed on some DEBUG information website
for supposedly low level formatting a hard drive (only first few bytes though,
not the whole thing) and resetting the CMOS.  I did that.  Before, I was able
to boot with a 5¼" Floppy.  After entering it in, it would start to boot with
the 5¼" Floppy, it would say "Starting MS-DOS..." and the
FDD LED would be on
for a second then would go off...then it would just hang until I reboot.  The
motherboard consisted of 3 boards: One the actual mainboard that mounted to the
case, and the other two mounted to each other to be like 1 card in an ISA slot.
 The two connected and in the ISA slot is the one that had the memory, BIOS,
CMOS, keyboard port (RJ-11 type), Battery, Power LED and speaker connections,
and other stuff.  Anyway, I removed the CMOS IC (it was in a socketed slot),
and then after a few minutes I installed it back, and then was able to boot
from floppy again.  At that point I was able to run the SETUP.EXE after putting
it on the 5¼" Floppy and get everything straight.

Chris

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