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From: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: 2 Amiga 3000 Questions (from a new Owner ;^))
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Date: 2 Jul 90 19:07:18 GMT
Reply-To: sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu (Scott Sutherland)
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	I just got my A3000 Saturday and I have 2 questions of
immediate concern.  First, I had to go through a dealer 2 hours
away from me, and halfway home I realized that after the dealer
had finished checking out my system to see if it worked (see below
for a small detail), he did NOT do anything to park the HD.  When
I got home, I read through the section in the manual (real nice
job, CBM, but some of the figures cannot be seen properly) on
Hard Drives and found NOTHING on parking the drive for transportation.
Fortunately no damage seems to have been done during my 2 hour 
drive.  Is there a way to park the HD for any type of transportation?
Is this included in WB 2.0 or is there some sort of program
(PD or Commercial) which will allow me to do this?  IF it is not
in WB2.0 or AmigaDOS 2.0, why NOT?  IF HD's are to become a standard
part of the Amiga computer system, then PARK should be a command in
the C directory OR added as a utility (like choosing a printer).

	Second question.  When the dealer turned on my system, I noticed
that the 1950 multisync monitor "flickered" or "jumped" a little twice
during startup.  The whold screen deforms for ~.5 seconds once before 
and once after the Loading WB 2.X (or something like that) message 
appears.  The dealer said that this was natural, but it doesn't look
very natural to me.  It does NOT seem to affect the operation at all.
Any ideas as to what causes this and if it is normal??  I know my
description is a bit vague, but it is hard to describe this.


NOW for the little detail.  This is for those of you who may be having
problems with your power button on the A3000. (I seem to recall seeing
a message or two on this on the net)  The power button in the front is
connected to a metal rod (~6 inches or so in length) which butts up 
against the black on button of the power supply.  Now, when they unpacked
my machine and hooked it up, when you pushed in the button, the power
started to come on, but when you released it, the power turned off.  If
we took out the screws to the cover, the problem disappeared.  Well,
we took about 15 minutes to discover the problem.  There is a plastic
end to the power button which pushes into the metal bar.  The bar was
NOT pushed FLUSH against the power button (if you look at it, you will
see what I mean) and so was ~.2 inches too long.  By butting up the 
bar and button, the machine now works flawlessly.  Hope this helps some
of you if you encounter the same problem.

Scott Sutherland
sutherla@qtp.ufl.edu