IBM

[Lg0102162]

I found an IBM Personal System/2 Model 50 (8550), monitor as well, so I decided to connect it all together and see if it ran, but all it shows is a blue screen on start-up.

Does anyone have any clue how to fix this? Any help is appreciated, thank you.

[Cruorzy]

Reinstall windows 10?

[YedZed]

It could mean several dozen different things, none of them good. More details, did the BIOS respond?

[Lg0102162]

5 minutes ago, YedZed said:

It could mean several dozen different things, none of them good. More details, did the BIOS respond?

The BIOS did not respond, the monitor stayed blank on start-up.

[Lg0102162]

14 minutes ago, Cruorzy said:

Reinstall windows 10?

I wish

Can't even run Vista, these old models

 

[YedZed]

13 minutes ago, Lg0102162 said:

The BIOS did not respond, the monitor stayed blank on start-up.

Could be a dead graphics chip. Can you connect it to another monitor?

[Lg0102162]

18 minutes ago, YedZed said:

Could be a dead graphics chip. Can you connect it to another monitor?

Unless it's able to connect to a more modern monitor, I don't think I'll be able to do that.. Is it possible to replace the chip?

 

[YedZed]

2 hours ago, Lg0102162 said:

Unless it's able to connect to a more modern monitor, I don't think I'll be able to do that.. Is it possible to replace the chip?

 

I can't say. I'm not too experienced in this myself. Bring it to someone who is and see what they think.

[Lg0102162]

1 hour ago, YedZed said:

I can't say. I'm not too experienced in this myself. Bring it to someone who is and see what they think.

Well, alright. Thanks for the help though!

[demonix00]

6 hours ago, Lg0102162 said:

Unless it's able to connect to a more modern monitor, I don't think I'll be able to do that.. Is it possible to replace the chip?

 

All PS/2 systems use a 15 pin D-sub VGA connector, so any monitor with a VGA connector should work.

 

Also I would suggest checking the board and seeing if the battery needs changing as some old computers won't startup properly with a dead BIOS battery (it could also be that it has one of the board killer batteries that has leaked and has destroyed some of the traces on the board rendering it completely useless).

[Lg0102162]

36 minutes ago, demonix00 said:

All PS/2 systems use a 15 pin D-sub VGA connector, so any monitor with a VGA connector should work.

 

Also I would suggest checking the board and seeing if the battery needs changing as some old computers won't startup properly with a dead BIOS battery (it could also be that it has one of the board killer batteries that has leaked and has destroyed some of the traces on the board rendering it completely useless).

I just took a look at the VGA input, and it only has 14 pins, so I'm not able to connect it to an ordinary VGA. 

 

If I post photos of the components on the inside, would that help any? Assuming the problem is in the physical system.