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From: marco@hprnd.HP.COM (Marco Gonzalez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: Two questions.....
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Date: 10 Jul 89 18:14:11 GMT
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>2) I have a dead c128 which comes on and the screen remains black.  It
>initializes my MSD drive just fine so I suspect the cpu and roms are
>fine.  I would guess there is something wrong with some of the video
>chips or something, although I have not played with it much so I am
>really clueless.  Any ideas ?
>



 I had a similar problem with my C-128. It turned out to be a false contact
on the power suply connector to the Computer. Try moving the connector a little
and try again. If this doesn't work, you'r probably right about the video chip.



                  Hope This helps!