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- Jason Hopkins wrote:
- >
- > Anyway, during all this, I blew my floppies - probably while plugging in
- > my Power Computing HD drive with the power on. I have put 2 new 8520
- > CIA's in there but the floppies are still dead - they won't even spin
- > when I insert a disk. The light on the internal is always on (bad
- > sign..) except for rare times before I insert a floppy immediately
- > after power on. Do I need a new Gary chip? Should I get the Adv. Amiga
- > Analyzer (not cheap and software is floppy based which makes
- > installation tricky)? Could other parts be bad? I appreciate any and
- > all help...Thanks.
- > By the way, does anyone know how to get the giant heat sink off my
- > A3640's 040 chip w/o messing up 040?; it is glued on tight with that
- > heat sink compound and is too big to fit under drive platform.
- > Thanks for reading my looong cry for help! Please resond by EMAIL and
- > POST if possible.
-
- If the ROMs are put in incorrectly - the floppy light stays on. The heat
- sink can be filed down. Try fixing the floppy problem first WITHOUT the
- A3640 installed - then go for the next step.
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