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- Reply-To: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- From: ppieroni@ppse.win-uk.net (Chip Pieroni)
- Date: Wed, 06 Mar 1996 08:41:13 GMT
- Subject: Re: Tech problem w/ C-64
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- In article <4hfgvb$h9u@charnel.ecst.csuchico.edu>, Phil Hoff (phoff@ecst.csuchico.edu) writes:
- >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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- Are the contacts PSU<->Motherboard clean and pressing down
- on the PSU's terminals of the plug hard enough. If a good
- connection is not made, all hell breaks loose !
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- Cheers !
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- Chip Pieroni..
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