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IanBland · 11th Sep 2018, 1:30 am

A PS/2 of any model should boot regardless of the state of the HD, so you can get to the setup floppy stage. At worst you should be able to boot into ROM BASIC. Which model PS/2 is it?

I think this looks like a power supply problem at first guess. Either that or the PSU is detecting a problem and shutting it down. So somewhat contradicting my first paragraph, I'd pull all the cards except the video adapter (if it's a separate card) and see if you get anything.

11th Sep 2018, 1:30 am	#5
IanBland Hexode Join Date: May 2015 Location: Northampton, Northants, UK. Posts: 380	Re: IBM PS/2 seems to have got stuck! A PS/2 of any model should boot regardless of the state of the HD, so you can get to the setup floppy stage. At worst you should be able to boot into ROM BASIC. Which model PS/2 is it? I think this looks like a power supply problem at first guess. Either that or the PSU is detecting a problem and shutting it down. So somewhat contradicting my first paragraph, I'd pull all the cards except the video adapter (if it's a separate card) and see if you get anything.