1800 pci hardware interrupt error

[glenrose]

hi:

windows machine that has had it drive wiped clean however there seems to be no bios as we..

cannot boot a win98 floppy, or enter setup, but get the error 1800pci/pnp error, no hardware interrupt available. I believe this refers to no bios or operating system.

how do you put a bios back onto a machine.

thanks

[KHT]

After post are you getting one beep?

Recheck that your floppy is connected to the end of the cable and make sure your HDD is configured properly and that the color coded ribbon (blue or red) is aligned with the #1 pin of the IDE connector.

[glenrose]

thanks

no beep, f1 does not allow entry into setup, error message appears and then two beeps occur.

thanks

[andyms18a]

witch mobo do you have make and modal no please
and can you open the case and remove the small round battery and leave it out for at least 30 minits and unplug the computer from the mains as well

[glenrose]

hi again:

pentium two ibm machine, no name on motherboard that I can see, so I am assuming it is a ibm board.

second error message recieved after the 1800 pci/ pnp interrupt error message

1962, no operating system found however cannot boot to the floppy to start the install because of the above error.

removed the battery for 30 minutes and unplugged everything however the error appears again.

any other suggestions would be appreciated.

thanks

[andyms18a]

next remove all pci cards and any isa cards just leave the vid card and try a boot to the bios

[glenrose]

that did it, either the network or sound card is bad it will now allow me to boot up.

thanks again

[andyms18a]

happy to help
i hope one day all error massages will tell you wats wrong with the computer instead of the cryptic clues we get now