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- Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!sunic!isgate!krafla!adamd
- From: adamd@rhi.hi.is (Adam David)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
- Subject: Re: HELP! My ST doesn't work.
- Keywords: Broken, help,
- Message-ID: <5188@krafla.rhi.hi.is>
- Date: 30 Jul 92 20:18:17 GMT
- References: <1992Jul24.044007.12079@nmsu.edu>
- Sender: usenet@rhi.hi.is
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- This is probably not the reason why your ST is broken, but the same symptoms
- occur if you have the monitor resting on top of the computer. I used to think
- it was the weight of the monitor distorting the disc drive, but the truth is
- that the monitor produces electromagnetic interference which messes up the
- signals on the flatcable to the floppy drive. Some people wrap their flatcables
- in aluminium foil (be careful not to short anything out) but the most effective
- solution is to make sure there is a big enough gap between the computer and the
- monitor.
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- Adam David. (adamd@rhi.hi.is)
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