Rick,
Thanks. Yes, I do know what a post card is for......Used them 20 years
ago. Perhaps I mis-read Thane's original request. I got the impression
that he was using a "post card" sw suite on the laptop that used the
laptop's display to show any status. OK. My bad, yet again!!!!! LOL!
I understand now............
Best,
Duncan
At 03:31 01/05/2009 -0500, you wrote:
DH, A post card has its own lights or a numeric display that
you decode to find out what the error is.
It is a VERY low level type of test.
I was surprised to find out how much they have changed:
(You need to find a better site/listing, but here is a sample hit...)
<http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Laptop-%2F-Desktop-Parallel-USB-PCI-Diagnostic-Post-Card_W0QQitemZ110333479928QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090104?IMSfp=TL090104116003r4416>
The old ones were only as good as the cheat sheet number decoder
and if it covered your particular MB/BIOS.
They are sometimes helpful even with no decoding.
Rick Glazier
From: "DHSinclair"
Chris,
IF the display never lights up what is the point! Still no forward status!
Duncan
