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From: navas@cory.Berkeley.EDU (David C. Navas)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 giving trouble on cold startup
Keywords: A500, flaky, aaaargh!!!
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Date: 10 Nov 89 19:36:18 GMT
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In article <32316@auc.UUCP> haj@auc.UUCP (Harvey Johnson) writes:
>Whenever I leave my machine off for a period of close to a day, I have 
>the following id numbers:
>           #00000004.00C01570

Okay, this is your input handler that is failing [if I remember correctly...]

Mine has a tendency to that too...
>           #00000003.00C (something or another)

I'd be surprised if it wasn't the same address, I wouldn't think you've got
much else running in there.. :)
>
>After I get my Amy on, it runs perfectly with NO problems.  Any occasional 
>GURUs are no problem, either.  Warm boots, or turning the machine off then
>on about an hour later is NO PROBLEM, either.  Only when my A500 has been
>off for a while.

I've had the same problem.  I'd even venture to guess that you have a 500
without reading the rest of your posting [except that I've already read
the rest of your posting.. :)]

I've traced the problem to those God aweful power supplies that Commodore
forces on us 500 users.  It's really gross stuff... :(

It's probably giving you spikes -- go someplace and by a more gutsy power
supply.  Even if it doesn't solve the entire problem, it'll make you feel
easier at night.. :)
>
>Setup:
>  A500 expanded to 1Mb w/ A501   (before Christmas, 1987)
>Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.  Please email me at
>    "haj@auc.UUCP"   


Yeah, I'm posting cause this sounds like a BIG problem.  Commodore,
can you comment on this? Is there any way to convince you that as long as
we've got to suffer with a piece of #$%^ power supply dangling off the
ends of our 500's that you could sell us one with some guts??
>
>(BTW, my clock doesn't keep up with the time when it is off for a few days.
>Since my computer is rarely off for more than a few days, this isn't too much 
>of a problem, but I thought that I'd mention it just in case.  I figure that 
>it's a bad battery or something).

Yep, that's exactly what I would say.  It sounds like you are having all KINDS
of electrical power problems with this thing...  Sorry.. :(
>
>harv! 
>
>-----
>
>With my handwriting, you couldn't read my .signature anyway!

Cute :)

David Navas
navas@cory.berkeley.edu    I'm too tired to post anything, must have been my
		       			   computer :)