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- From: lgibb@burner.com (Lance Gibb)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.misc
- Subject: Re: Amiga 4000 Rebooting Troubles
- Message-ID: <lgibb.0e4i@burner.com>
- Date: 15 Dec 92 21:48:47 MST
- Organization: The Back Burner BBS (via C-Net Amiga)
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- On Tue 15-Dec-1992 9:46p, D.C. Richardson wrote:
- DR> Whenever I reboot using the C-A-A method, it appears that the hard drive
- DR> gets a jolt - it stops spinning for a sec (like it loses power), then it
- DR> does a re-spin, almost like a cold start.
- DR> Now, this drive seems fine to be.. no errors or anything.. but I'm
- DR> worried
- DR> that all this spin-up/spin-down will kill it over time. It also increases
- DR> boot time dramatically.
-
- All the 4000s do this, nothing wrong with your particular machine. I don't
- know exactly why the drives gets this jolt, but I have seen it on each
- of the machines I have used.
-
- DR> The other problem is that my 1960 isn't really converged in the
- DR> lower-left
- DR> quadrant, and is real blurry with white text (VLT). Is this fixable under
- DR> CommodoreExpress? (My paperwork is in the mail)
-
- I have problems with my 1960 and DCTV. With DCTv hooked up, I get verticle
- lines through my picture. Not severe, but irritating. I also notice
- those lines without DCTV, but I have to really look for them.
- DR> Thanks,
- DR> -Dan
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