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From: tasayco@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Maria Tasayco)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Thanks for all replies! And more problems ...
Keywords: mono, monitor, hard disk
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Date: 10 Sep 90 14:54:00 GMT
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First many thanks to all those who replied to my question about the
dead monitor! I finally brought it to an Atari dealer in Long Island
(Island Computer) because I was around at that time (two weeks ago)
and asked them to take a look at it. They did more (without asking my
approval!): they replaced two capacitors (I don't remember which ones)
because they were going to fail or something (I know they hadn't blown
up because I smelled nothing when I opened the case). That costed me
$64 and change (mostly labour, I guess). I probably should have looked
into the Atari replacement policy ... 

 Anyhow, when I came back my monitor was fine but I found another
problem: my hard disk (SH204, 20Mb) has what I suspect is a blown
fuse. I have no idea how that happened. When my monitor went bad I
couldn't park the heads in the hard disk but that shouldn't have
affected the electrical stuff inside (I guess). And I boxed everything
right away and stored them in a (somewhat damp) garage for a week.
And when I reconnected everything I found the blown fuse (I am not
sure whether it was blown before reconnecting or was something that I
did, but I certainly didn't hear any popping sound ...). Has anybody
had to change a fuse in one of those boxes? I would appreciate any
help!

 I also have some more questions, like: what is the (if any)
800-number of Atari? Does anybody know of an Atari dealer in the
Princeton area, or in New Jersey for that matter? I tried calling a
number in the back of a December '89 Atari Explorer but it has been
disconnected. 

 As always, thank you very much in advance! I hope I can contribute
something more than problems to the net!

	Francisco Figueirido
	e-mail: tasayco@phoenix.princeton.edu
	or
		figuei@max.physics.sunysb.edu