Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago

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Really happy to have picked up this IBM 5160. Great machine in great condition with only 1 problem: it does not start :)

In this video I'll show you how I diagnosed the issue, ended up finding the culprit (the diskdrive), and how I fixed it.

In a follow-up video I'll go into more detail on the machine itself, but here I just wanted to show you how I ended up fixing it so that the machine would boot