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- From: fheitkamp@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 4000 problems! PLEASE READ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov23.072542.5774@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 23 Nov 92 07:25:42 EST
- References: <1992Nov16.142003.12937@zds-oem.zds.com> <1992Nov19.071452.7908@src4src.linet.org> <1992Nov20.125533.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
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- In article <1992Nov20.125533.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>, cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk writes:
- > In article <1992Nov19.071452.7908@src4src.linet.org>, frostbit@src4src.linet.org (Rajesh Goel) writes:
- >> In article <1992Nov16.142003.12937@zds-oem.zds.com> benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Ad
- >> am Benjamin) writes:
- >>>
- >>>Ok, My 4000 has died (again!) this time 2 days after being returned
- >>>from CBM Express.
- >>>First off I want to know how many of you 4000 owners have had flawless
- >>>performace? Does the 4000 suffer from being rushed? or do I just have
- >>>a lemon?
- >>>
- >>>Secondly I was wondering about a few abnormalities that may be symptoms
- >>>of whatever the heck is wrong with my system.
- >>>I noticed that file-requesters were never updated correctly. If I saved
- >>>a file and then went to load another file from the same program and same
- >>>volume the file I had just saved would NOT appear in the requester unless
- >>>I re-entered the volume name and forced it to look up the directory again.
- >>>?? Has anyone else noticed this?
- >>>Also when I hit CTRL-A-A to reboot the hard drive parks and spins-down
- >>>then back up again. (seems kinda weird)!
- >>>
- >>>Right now my system dies 0-3 minutes after bootup. It still responds to
- >>>CTRL-A-A but within the above time it again dies. (most of the time it
- >>>freezes, somtimes it guru's with Processor Exceptions (8000 000X)
- >>>
- >>>For 3 grand I expect a little better ya know?
- >>>
- >>>Adam Benjamin
- >>>Benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com or A.Benjamin@mi04.zds.com
- >>>
- >>>Thanks! PLEASE REPLY if you own a 4000. This is kind-of an informal
- >>>survey.
- >>
- >>
- >> You got a lemon because the only problem I have with my 4000 is the floppy
- >> drive - it craps out on HD disks - Amiga or IBM format.
- >>
- > > Otherwise, the machine is flawless...
-
- I have had only two problems. One with the HD (floppy) drive not
- working without many errors. The dealer replaced the drive and so far
- it is working. The dealer also said there was an hardware bug found
- in the drives that was only recently discovered that they had to
- fix. So it seems that you have a crap shoot with the drives. The
- other problem I've had, which no one else apparently has, is my screen
- jitters up and down when heavy harddisk activity occurs.
-
- All-in-all, except for the lack of SCSI and interlace on the 800x
- 600 mode, I'm pleased with the A4000.
-
- >>
- >> ------------------------------------------------------> frostbit@src4src.linet.org
- >> A4000 -- Workstation performance that's AFFORDABLE
- >> ------------------- mine too, the drive
- > craps in on HD disks, must be a fault with the drive or something. An engineer
- > is coming out today to look at it under my on site maintance.
- >
- > Simon
- Fred Heitkamp, ** Not an organization **
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