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- Path: charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu!usenet
- From: Phil Hoff <phoff@ecst.csuchico.edu>
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
- Subject: Re: Tech problem w/ C-64
- Date: 4 Mar 1996 19:40:27 GMT
- Organization: California State University, Chico
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- The Sandman <runner@jovanet.com> wrote:
- >
- >
- > I'm having technical difficulty with a C-64 setup of mine. I have
- > a 1541 drive, the C-64 console, and a connector for a television. After I
- > connect everything and turn on the console and disk drive, the console
- > LED lights up (faintly) and the main power LED and the access LED for the
- > 1541 drive light up... The drive stays in a state of constant access, and
- > only goes back to a neutral state when the console is turned off or the
- > cable to the drive is disconnected. As for the television output, the
- > screen turns from the snow w/ noise to a dark blue screen w/ horizontal
- > lines and no noise...
-
- Everything you describe is consistent with a defective power supply
- (output voltage too low). The only thing that makes me doubt this
- diagnosis is that this is not a common failure mode for the C64 supply.
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