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This guide provides systematic, component-level troubleshooting for the '''IBM Personal Computer XT (5160)'''. It covers the POST audio beep codes, the complete numeric error code list, parity errors, MFM hard drive faults, the XT-specific known problems documented by minuszerodegrees.net, and the differences from the [[IBM PC (5150) Troubleshooting Guide|5150 troubleshooting flow]]. The XT shares its 8088 CPU, ISA bus, and BIOS-conventions with the 5150, but several specific behaviours differ — those differences are flagged inline. | This guide provides systematic, component-level troubleshooting for the '''IBM Personal Computer XT (5160)'''. It covers the POST audio beep codes, the complete numeric error code list, parity errors, MFM hard drive faults, the XT-specific known problems documented by minuszerodegrees.net, and the differences from the [[IBM PC (5150) Troubleshooting Guide|5150 troubleshooting flow]]. The XT shares its 8088 CPU, ISA bus, and BIOS-conventions with the 5150, but several specific behaviours differ — those differences are flagged inline. | ||