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- From: rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
- Subject: Re: Strange Tone Sequence During Startup.
- Message-ID: <Sep.6.09.41.00.1992.29495@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Date: 6 Sep 92 13:41:00 GMT
- References: <1992Aug26.134325.2096@galileo.cc.rochester.edu> <sold.89.715288516@kit.uni-kl.de> <Sep.1.09.05.31.1992.9779@gandalf.rutgers.edu>
- Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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- rgonzal@gandalf.rutgers.edu (Ralph Gonzalez) writes:
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- >I had this problem a week ago and tried all the above except cleaning
- >the SIMMS. I took it to a dealer for repair. They were about to give
- >up and go for a logic board replacement (yike!) when the technician
- >noticed that the problem had disappeared. This was after he cleaned
- >the SIMM contacts. I paid about $70 for something I could have done
- >myself, but on the other hand, I'm just glad it wasn't something more
- >$eriou$.
-
- Bad news. A week later, I started getting the same problem. I tried
- cleaning the SIMMS myself with a pencil eraser to no avail. I guess
- I'll have to bring it back in :-(
-
- -Ralph
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- Ralph Gonzalez, Computer Science, Rutgers Univ., Camden, NJ
- Phone: (609) 757-6122; Internet: rgonzal@elbereth.rutgers.edu
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