POST/BIOS Error 601
Ian Staples
My LOGI 88-XT has lost its floppy disk drives:
On bootup, I simply get the cryptic message "601" after the POST memory test.
The machine then politely requests "Press F1 to continue". When you press F1
it continues to boot from drive C:, but there is no sign of "testing" the
floppy drives as part of the boot process. The drives remain dead. If you
try to read a directory or otherwise use one of them, you get the message
"Drive not ready...". There is no indication that the machine attempted to
access the drive in question - i.e. no noise and no drive light on.
Does anyone know what the error "601" indicates? I assume it is a BIOS
error message of some sort, relating to the failed FDDs. Is it telling me
anything useful, or is it just some sort of general statement of failure?
The system is an XT using the NEC V20 chip.
BIOS is Award ("Licensed") [What other sort do they sell? :)]
640k memory
Multi-I/O Card for FDDs, clock, parallel printer port, etc.
HDD Miniscribe Model 8425 with RLL controller to give 30 meg drive
FDDs A: is 5 1/4" 360k
D: is 3 1/2" 720k (configured as an external drive to get 720k)
[B: is physically the 3 1/2" drive, but machine thinks it is 360k].
EGA Monitor
XT/AT Keyboard [which occasionally gives problems too - error "301"]
Any help gratefully received. Thank you, and Happy New Year.
Ian S.
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Massoud Ajami
>From: ia...@qdpii.comp.qdpi.oz.au (Ian Staples)
>Subject: POST/BIOS Error 601
>Summary: What does the "601" error mean?
>Date: Sat, 2 Jan 1993 08:10:19 GMT
Error 601 is the power failure for floppy during diagnostics. Check the
power line to the drive, or it might be the failure of the board to report
as being alive.
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Leonard Erickson
>Hi, I hope this is an appropriate group for this post. Please help if you can.
>My LOGI 88-XT has lost its floppy disk drives:
>On bootup, I simply get the cryptic message "601" after the POST memory test.
>The machine then politely requests "Press F1 to continue". When you press F1
>it continues to boot from drive C:, but there is no sign of "testing" the
>floppy drives as part of the boot process. The drives remain dead. If you
>try to read a directory or otherwise use one of them, you get the message
>"Drive not ready...". There is no indication that the machine attempted to
>access the drive in question - i.e. no noise and no drive light on.
>Does anyone know what the error "601" indicates? I assume it is a BIOS
>error message of some sort, relating to the failed FDDs. Is it telling me
>anything useful, or is it just some sort of general statement of failure?
6xx errors mean "There's something wrong with the floppy drive/controller"
Something failed to respond during the POST, so the BIOS displayed the
601 error and then locked out the floppies.
So it's not terribly useful. Check your motherboard switch settings to
makes sure you have it set to indicate the correct number of drives.
Also check to make sure the controller is properly plugged in and all
the cables (both data and power) are correctly connected.
If the error still shows up, borrow a floppy controller and see if the
drives will work with it. If not, swap the drives. If they *do* work
with it, then your original control is dead...
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