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Getting old HP Vectra 386/25 to work

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First post, by debnie

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I have an old HP vectra 386/25 with a dead BIOS battery.
I've been able to replace it and boot from the Setup disk from the hpmuseum.net website (http://www.hpmuseum.net/display_item.php?sw=174).

Now most error codes at boot are gone except 0250. This means memory size mismatch.
Even if I set the memory to what's installed (649KB base, 1024KB extended and 384KB reserved), I keep getting this error.

I think I know the source of this problem, the setup utilities on the diskette is C.01.01 and the HP vectra is asking for a version greater or equal to C.02.00.
(I also cant choose the factory installed Super VGA Bd card)

Is there a diskette image out there of the SETUP Utilities for an HP vectra 386/25 with a version higher or equal to C.02.00?

Reply 1 of 2, by Horun

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Hmm seems the only place that might have the disk is in Australia and they do not ship out of county...
Is the BIOS an oem Phoenix ? If so their generic setup util might work...

Hate posting a reply and then have to edit it because it made no sense 😁 First computer was an IBM 3270 workstation with CGA monitor. Stuff: https://archive.org/details/@horun

Reply 2 of 2, by debnie

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Thanks for the hint and utility!
I've tried the attached generic setup utility. It detected the settings in the BIOS but when I save something, I get CMOS configuration error 0280 (added to the memory error 0250).
So I think there is a mismatch between the generic utility and the BIOS RAM organisation.

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