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From: david@starsoft.UUCP (Dave Lowrey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: Help!  Fried chips!
Message-ID: <david.11806@starsoft.UUCP>
Date: 26 Oct 90 11:22:09 GMT
References: <1990Oct24.193736.18642@uncecs.edu>
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>In article <1990Oct24.193736.18642@uncecs.edu> ruslan@uncecs.edu (Robin C. LaPasha) writes:
>
>A friend requests help -
>
>Situation:
>
>       1.  Friend (accidentally) plugged in a printer cable (parallel port)
>AFTER powering up his Amiga 2500/30.  (He DID know better, but had the
>power switch toggled the wrong way...)
>
>       2.  It immediately gurued (number unknown) and now won't boot.
>(It goes dark screen-light gray screen-white screen and then stops, hangs.)
>;^(
>
>       3.  So, he probably fried a chip.
>
>Question:
>
>       Which chip or chips did he probably fry, and how can we fix things?
>(We have folks with soldering, chip-pulling, and multitesting experience. ;^))
>
Most likely he fried one of trhe 8520 CIA chips.

Try swapping the chips (they are socketed). If your problem goes away,
or changes, then replace the chip(s). They cost around $20.00 each.

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