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- From: Zapper@qube.OCUnix.On.Ca (Zapper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Really flaky amiga 500
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- Date: 27 Jul 92 19:05:49 EDT
- Organization: The QuBE BBS
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- I have a 500 that I've done an awful lot of hacking on... it's had
- everything done to it at one time or another...
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- Right now it's in a large tower case, and since I moved it there it's
- been acting flaky...
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- I will use it for anywhere from a few minutes to a few hours, and then it
- will go psycho... the screen will go crazy and then usually settle to solid
- red. The display on my supraFAXmodem with go EXTREMELY crazy, as the little
- LED display will shimmer and dance like a TV tuned to no station... the
- machine will then not respond to CTRL-A-A... and will not come up after a
- power cycle.
-
- However, if I open the case and reseat the chips or even bend the
- motherboard a little, it will almost always come up. I have the motherboard
- mounted as straight as I can get it and it doesn't move of course during
- use.
-
- I gather the problem has something to do with chip seating, but can
- anyone perhaps give me a clue as to what chip is most likely going hairy on
- me? I assume it was the Agnes, but I am not sure. I also get yellow and
- dark blue screens occasionally in lockups.
-
- Any help is appreciated, thanks.
-
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