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- From: jasnider@iglou2.iglou.com (Jill A. Snider)
- Subject: Re: A3000 joined the choire invisible..
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- Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 23:05:18 GMT
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- joakim.olsen@ecs.ericsson.se (Joakim Olsen) writes:
-
- >After having problems getting kickstart 3.1 working in my a3000, and also
- >having problems with the apollo 3060 (well..that might very well be related
- >to the fact that kickstart 3.1 didn't work..) it seems like my trusty
- >ol'3000 has gone to meet it's maker..
-
- >When I turn it on, the power-led flashes and I don't even get a
- >xxxx-colored screen... Any ideas?
-
- >As the computer is very old (S/N 2xxx) and generally in a bad shape, I've
- >tried to remove all the ZIP-memory, thus starting with only chipmen, same
- >result.. Tried moving 1Mb chipmem to the fastmem-sockets, same problem..
- >tried replacing the kickstart ROMs, same problem, removed my CV64, removed
- >my Zorro-II memory-board, disconnected SCSI-drives.. still the same thing..
-
- [...]
-
- >I've put in an WTB-add looking for a 'new' a3000 , but if you've got any
- >ideas I'd sure appreciate them!
-
- I seem to recall that the ROM sockets were wrongly labelled in some
- A3000s. Could it be that you are putting the ROMs in the wrong sockets?
- These symptoms sound like what the A3640 home page describes if the ROMs
- go in the wrong sockets.
- (http://wwwcip.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/user/orknorr/a3640.html)
-
- Good luck!
- Pat Larkin 74246.1077@compuserve.com (borrowing Jill's account for news)
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