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xe590-2
i just recieved this system from a friend and it need a little work to get it goin but i am lost.when you boot up i runs normal boot stuff then says diskette drive o seek failure & hard disk controller failure.from what i can see it has been formatted .i am new to this type of systems i am use to regular pc's and can work on them but i am lost when it comes to this type of computer
PLEASE HELP ME
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March 11th, 2004 14:00
Hi,
The error messages you are receiving may indicate there is a cabling issue inside the box. OR it could be a true hardware failure. I will provide links to the System Documentation and the latest downloads.
FYI, this computer is almost 9 years old (shipped with MS-DOS 6.2), if replacement parts are needed, I doubt we will still have any in stock.
Documentation:
http://docs.us.dell.com/docs/dta/PEXE52/
Dell Server System BIOS, PowerEdge SP 5__-2, SP 575-2, XE 5__-2, A10
Filename: PE32-A10.EXE (341 KB)
http://support.dell.com/us/en/filelib/download/index.asp?fileid=R18594
NCR 810 SCSI, Driver, v. 1.0, A01:
FileName: NCRSCSI7.EXE [498 KB]
Release Date: 10/12/1995
http://support.dell.com/filelib/format.aspx?releaseid=r18837
Diagnostic Utilities:
http://support.dell.com/filelib/format.aspx?ReleaseID=R20104
File Name: DIAG388J.EXE
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Dell System Diagnostics, Diagnostics, MS-DOS, v. 1.0, A01
FileName: P87TEST.EXE [19 KB]
Release Date: 1/17/1995
http://support.dell.com/filelib/format.aspx?releaseid=r18937
EISACFG - ME, XE, OmniPlex, PowerEdge, DGX
http://support.dell.com/filelib/format.aspx?ReleaseID=R187757
File Name: EISA_C13.EXE
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March 12th, 2004 01:00
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March 12th, 2004 10:00
Hi,
Unfortunately, in todays world, there is not much this old machine can do. You could upgrade with a second 90MHz processor and with up to 512Mb of ram using 64Mb SIMMs.
This system was not designed to use IDE drives, but it does have an IDE controller. This controller will not support todays large IDE drives, you would have to get an old drive less than 540Mb. Further there is no place to conventionally mount an IDE drive.
The XE 590-2 was validated with MS-DOS and Windows NT 3.5. NT 4.0 and Windows 95 "might" run on it, but I do not believe any of the new Operating Systems will be able to install.