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From: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 1000 drive problems
Message-ID: <517@sagpd1.UUCP>
Date: 3 Nov 89 21:36:04 GMT
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Reply-To: monty@sagpd1.UUCP (Monty Saine)
Organization: Scientific Atlanta, Government Products Div, San Diego, CA
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In article <39913@conexch.UUCP> rps2@conexch.UUCP (PUT YOUR NAME HERE) writes:
>
>Yes, it's entirely possible you lost a chip. The chips are 8520s, and
>there are two of them. One is used primarily for the disks, and one for the
>serial port. They're not easy to replace in an A1000, due to the shielding
>and such on the board. And they're soldered in, if I recall correctly.
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^
    look first, mine and all 4 A1000's I've been in are socketed. Besides
swapping them is the first thing to do to check if the problem changes
to the other functions.

    Monty Saine

>Best bet....take it to an authorized service center.
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