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- From: hak@alf.cooper.edu (Jeff Hakner)
- Subject: Re: 3B2-300 and 310 values, uses, software
- Message-ID: <1992Dec13.235226.9396@alf.cooper.edu>
- Organization: The Cooper Union ( NY, NY )
- References: <1992Dec9.201323.30911@iitmax.iit.edu>
- Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1992 23:52:26 GMT
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- in article <1992Dec9.201323.30911@iitmax.iit.edu>, technews@iitmax.iit.edu (Kevin Kadow) says:
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- > 1 3B2/300 with 1M, 80MB HD, 4 serial ports, ethernet (AUI) card, operating
- > system, C and Fortran are with this machine. The machine will not boot, the
- > HD spins up, then the machine shuts down and the HD makes a rattling
- > "bounce" sound- it seems that the HD is dead.
-
- I've had this problem with V2 (300,310,400) systems. There's nothing
- wrong with your hard disk (do not attempt to adjust it. We control
- the horizontal, we control the vertical, but I digress). This problem
- of premature powerdown is usually caused by:
- loose I/O card
- loose I/O card-cage connection to motherboard
- loose memory board
- memory board clamp (I think the paint flakes off and starts
- shorting the memory cards. Try removing the clamp.)
-
- Try reseating these items and/or removing the memory clamp. That
- always fixes it for me.
-
- --Jeff Hakner
-
-