IBM 5170 - SETUP Procedure
You have an IBM 5170 (AT) that is displaying a 161, 162 or 163 error.
The most common (but not the only) cause of 161/162/163 errors is that the battery has run out of power. So before proceeding, check the battery, and replace it if required. For battery details, click here
Whether you have replaced the battery or not, you now need to run the SETUP procedure.
The IBM way of doing that is to boot the 5170 from the 'Diagnostics for the IBM Personal Computer AT' floppy, however other methods are available.
METHOD 1 - THE IBM WAY: USING THE AT DIAGNOSTICS FLOPPY
This method requires that you have the 'Diagnostics for the IBM Personal Computer AT' 5.25" floppy.
If you don't have that floppy, but you have the means to create a 360K sized 5.25" floppy from an image file, then an image of the floppy is on this link.
Click here for the procedure on how to use the floppy.
METHOD 2 - TYPING CODE INTO BASIC
With this method, you do not need a floppy.
The 5170 will be allowed to boot into BASIC, and then you'll type in some BASIC commands.
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METHOD 3 - USING THE GSETUP PROGRAM
With this method, you will temporarily connect a 1.44M diskette drive to the 5170, and then boot from a 720K boot diskette (actually, a 1.44M diskette made to look like a 720K one).
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