NetNews Usenet Archive 1992 #31/NN_1992_31.iso/spool/comp/sys/mac/hardware/25117

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From: [e-mail]
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: HELP!!!  Drive problems, System CRASHES!!
Message-ID: <[e-mail]>
Date: 30 Dec 92 12:45:20 GMT
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I had a very similar problem with a Quantum LPS120 in my SE/30. I had been
using 6.0.5 on the original 40MB and the new 120 had 7.0.1/TU on it so I
figured that it was time to upgrade to Sys 7. After installing the software
and running for about 30 min, Word crashed with a bad F line and it was
downhill after that. I rebuilt the desktop, reinstalled the system, ran
Norton, Mac Tools and Snooper which all said everything was ok but the crashes
continued. It was not an INIT problem since I could not keep it running long
enough to install any. I reformatted the drive with the ETC Utility (Mac&More)
which came with it, APS Power Tools and SilverLining and the crashes
continued. I booted from a Syquest, formatted the drive again and dragged a
known-to-be-working system folder to it and when I rebooted, the Finder
crashed with a bad F line!!!. I was sure that I had fried the Roms or
something but tried reformatting again and using 6.0.5 just to see what would
happen. It works perfectly???!!! I have no idea what can be causing this.
Perhaps it could be some bogus version of the Roms or something on the disk
which somehow survives the repeated formats. I dunno.
Good Luck and let me know if you find a solution.
[e-mail]
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