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- From: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com (tim clinkenpeel)
- Subject: 8520 diagnostics software?
- Message-ID: <1992Sep16.012639.27570@javelin.sim.es.com>
- Reply-To: tpehrson@javelin.sim.es.com
- Organization: Evans & Sutherland Computer Corporation
- Date: Wed, 16 Sep 1992 01:26:39 GMT
- Lines: 35
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- i believe an 8520 (or two) in my ol' 1000 is flaking out (again), although the
- symptoms are sporadic and inconcise compared to the previous blow-out.
-
- is there a proof-positive method of proving an 8520 as the culprit?
- a diagnostics hack would be the ideal, although i'll take anything.
-
- last time this happened, i pulled out the bad 8520 and put in a new one;
- however, one leg of the chip got bent and broke the connection on that slot in
- the socket. i sent it out to get a new socket at the supposed 'best' amiga
- repair shop. this took 5 months and over 30 threatening phone calls. when
- it was finally sent back, UPS mishandled it enough to knock off both the
- internal floppy heads. on UPS claims instructions, i took it to a local
- repair shop to have the drive replaced. this took three weeks, even though
- the item was in stock. my patience expired during this period and i called
- them one day saying "i'm coming to get it. it BETTER (explative) BE DONE!".
- when i arrived, they said "here ya go, all fixed". i demanded we test it
- before they receive a cent. the machine did not function at all. i took it
- apart and what did i find -- TWO empty slots where 8520's should be. they
- 'found' them whilst blubbering responsibility-shurking rhetoric and thus
- began to reassemble the machine after a second, successful test. i watched on
- as the monkey put the screws in the holes until one didn't fit (screw too
- large: wrong screw). instead of trying another screw, the ape just pressed
- harder and harder down on the screwdriver causing evil noises of unbridled
- destruction. i promptly took the machine and a handful of screws from him and
- left.
-
- with this in mind, you can plainly see why i'd prefer to know if the 8520(s)
- are indeed the problem before i swap it/them out.
-
- please respond via e-mail; e-mail is my friend.
- --
- \clinkenpeel: aberrant analytical cynical agnostic idealist. i exclusively /
- /represent myself. i do not offend anyone; however, some morons choose to \
- \offend themselves. judge only those who you would have judge yourself. i /
- /don't practice what i preach - i'm not the type of person i'm preaching to.\
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