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- From: rand@maui.netwave.net (Rand R. Fredricksen)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Page Mode Zip Prevents Sever HD Problems
- Date: 6 Mar 1996 05:33:04 GMT
- Organization: American Information Systems, Inc.
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- On 28-Feb-96 03:57:00 Dale Frameli, refering to Page Mode Zip Prevents Sever HD Problems, wrote:
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- DF> I ran my A3000 for a couple of years without a problem... Then I added a
- DF> PP&S Mercury 68040 CPU and it ran slicker than owl sh*t for a few more
- DF> years :) Recently however, I removed my Mercury 040 (for sale). I
- DF> reinstalled the original Static Column Zip RAM chip, reassembled and
- DF> rebooted the system only to suffer a slew of various SCSI errors... I
- DF> had checksum errors, volumes that wouldn't validate, system crashes
- DF> during boot, etc... It was terrible! I tried everything I could think
- DF> of, but in the end, the thing that solved my problem was to reinstall the
- DF> Page Mode Zip Ram chip??? I was lucky to have had a spare sitting here!
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- DF> Now PP&S provided that single Page Mode Zip RAM chip. Due to problems
- DF> with the DMAC and RAMSEY chips, the "PMZR" was provided as a means to
- DF> prevent off-board burst mode. Wierd thing is I have the latest version
- DF> DMAC and RAMSEY chip... And the Mercury is removed... So why does my
- DF> system freak out then I remove this chip??? Is the "Burst" info
- DF> something that can be stored in the A3000's NVRAM?
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- DF> Help!
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- The battery in the A3000 does save some settings, including RAMSEY chip access mode.
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- I think you need SetBatt(?). I have it backed up somewhere. Let me know if
- you can't find it on AmiNET. Or else disconnect the battery for a while. Don't
- ask ~me~ how.
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- DF> Thanks, Dale
-
- Hope this helps.
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- 05-Mar-96 17:44:28 | *rand@maui.netwave.net*
- Rand R. Fredricksen | fredricksen@genie.com
- Chicagoland USA | A3000/25/3.1 AmiTCP/IP/PPP/PGP
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