SERVICE

BULLETIN

Instrument: IOLMaster No.: IOL-007

Subject: Repairing Illegal Operation Errors Date: 9 Aug 2001

Status: Informational Pages: 2

INTRODUCTION

This bulletin provides a procedure to correct the illegal operation errors that may be experienced
during the system boot up process. Illegal operation errors are seen immediately after the
instrument displays the New Patient Screen. Notice that the patient names do not appear on the
New Patient screen when the illegal operation errors occur.

CAUSE

The illegal operations errors are generated when the application software encounters a corrupted
data.dbf file during the system boot up. Improper shutdown of the IOLMaster is the most likely
cause of the illegal operations error.

SOLUTION

This procedure will rename the damaged data.dbf file and create a new data.dbf file. A bootable
Windows 95 / 98 disk is needed as part of the repair. If you do not have one, you will need to
create one. If you have a bootable Windows 95 / 98 disk, proceed to Correcting the Illegal
Operations Error.

CORRECTING THE ILLEGAL OPERATIONS ERROR

1. Ensure you have a bootable Windows 95 / 98 disk.

2. Hold down the delete key and start the IOLMaster.
3. At the CMOS settings screen, enter the service password.
4. Select Bios Features Setup.
5. Select boot sequence.
6. Set boot sequence to A, C, SCSI.
7. Select ESC to return to the main CMOS menu screen.
8. Press the F10 key, then the Y key to save and exit the CMOS settings.
9. After five seconds shutdown the IOLMaster.
10. Place the bootable disk in the IOLMaster drive.
11. Turn the IOLMaster to ON.
12. When the IOLMaster has booted, the DOS screen with the A : prompt is displayed.
13. Type C:\ and hit the ENTER key.
14. Type CD data and hit the ENTER key.
15. Type rename data.dbf olddata.dbf and hit the ENTER key.
16. Type dir and verify that there is no data.dbf file and that you can see an olddata.dbf file.
17. Remove the boot disk from the floppy drive.
18. Set the IOLMaster power switch to OFF.

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19. Restart the IOLMaster.

20. Hold down the delete key and start the IOLMaster.
21. At the CMOS settings screen, enter the service password.
22. Select Bios Features Setup.
23. Select boot sequence.
24. Set boot sequence to C only.
25. Select ESC to return to the main CMOS menu screen.
26. Press the F10 key, then the Y key to save and exit the CMOS settings.
27. The IOLMaster should go through the complete startup process without error, the list of
patient names should be visible.