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- From: pbunch@Walden.mo.net (Phil Bunch)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Garbage after 30 min.
- Date: 22 Feb 1996 07:07:27 GMT
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- David Moorman (dmoorman@csn.net) wrote:
- : David Fortman (buzz1963@ix.netcom.com) wrote:
- : : My c-64 is fine, until it runs for longer than 20 or
- : : 30 minutes. It happens no matter what I'm running at
- : : the time. My IBM-486 66 is great, but still like my
- : : C-64.
- :
- : First thing, check the power supply itself. Then the off/on
- : switch. I had a 128 that refused to do anything until
- : I soldered the switch shut.
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- Sure sounds like a power supply to me. Most chip related
- heat problems would show up in less than 5 minutes. Power
- supplies usually "flaked out" in about 20-30 minutes.
- Go borrow a friends power supply for an evening and see
- if the problem still shows up. DO NOT try your "suspect"
- power supply on his computer, it is possible that it
- could wipe out his RAM chips if it goes flakey.
-
-
- Phil Bunch N0MFC
-
- pbunch@mo.net
- or
- phil@slacc.com
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