| From: | Michael Carter |
| Date: | 13 Jan 2000 at 13:10:44 |
| Subject: | [bvppc] Re: Black Outs (back again) |
From: Michael Carter <Michael.Carter@aspentech.com>
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2000 21:38:47 -0500
> From: Robbin Van Ooy <amiga@multiweb.nl>
> Subject: Re: Black Outs (back again)
>
> At 12-Jan-00, Michael Carter said something about
> [bvppc] Black Outs (back again), resulting in this reply.
>
> >My problem is that of the computer just cutting out and
> rebooting. No
> >software failiure or crashing (no flashing led), just a
> straight reboot as
> >if a cold reboot/keyboard reset had been done. What could
> be causing this
> >now - surely still not power?
>
> Hmm thats a new one here! Is certainly doesnt fit under the
> 'black-out'
> header since black-outs are permanent black screens (no
> reboot) with no
> possibility to get rid of them. (usually powering down for an hour or
> fiddling with the connector)
I used to get this until I added a second power input - through the old
square A1200 motherboard connector. Then this stopped. But now I get the
straight cut out and reboot problem.
> Though you should make sure your connection is secure, ie,
> unplug your ppc
> gear (especially the bvision) and clean the connections
> carefully, screw
> the bvision back on the ppc (careful, not too tight!) and the
> ppc on the
> mainboard. Try getting rid of one of the power-tricks you
> mentioned, start
> with the ppc fan. Though this certainly doesnt sound like an
> overheating
> problem to me (unless, ofcourse, you suffer from garbled
> screens aswell)
I sometimes get garbled gfx card screens behind windows. The stuff gets
smeared about - but that is something to sort out at a later date ... for
now!
> Also, check you simm! These things wear out you know, and Ive had the
> problem before with a blizzard 1230 being VERY unstable until
> I used a new
> simm in it! See if you can borrow one from someone.
Will swap it with my house mates then.
> Hmm Im not sure how many hardware you have in your tower, but
See my sig.
> if youve got
> lots of drives and devices, unplug a few of those, perhaps
> the tower PSU
> cant handle it.
I have a 250watt supply so hope it could handle it!
> Last, does the reboot occur immediately or is it guru-ing in
> a PAL screen
> not visible to you? Anyway, DO check your software set-up,
straight reboot - it is quick to start loading again so no GURU. Also I
have two video inputs to my monitor so could see the PAL screen if it did
happen.
> its most likely
> that you'll find the answe in there. Install a clean workbench and
> cybergraphx on a spare partition, and boot from that one for
> a while. Dont
> use assigns, just copy every library it asks for one by one,
> taking reboots
> between every copy to ensure it doesnt interfer.
the reason i don't think it is software is because i can sometimes just
leave it untouched and it will decide to reboot!
regards,
M!Ke C.
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