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From: conca@handel.cs.colostate.edu (michael vincen conca)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Flakey 500
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Date: 5 Nov 90 05:54:56 GMT
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I have an Amiga 500 that is beginning to go south.  The symptoms are:

Keyboard locks up and CAPS LOCK flashes. <--- frequent
Mouse occasionally becomes unusable (pointer freezes in one spot, but 
   keyboard continues to work). <--- rare

Setup is basic Amiga 500 with EXP500 1/2 meg expansion board.  I have
tried openning it up and cleaning it as well as reseating the chips. It
shows the same symptoms with or without the memory board.

One local told me I need a new keyboard while another said it was the power
supply.  If anyone has an opinion on this (hopefully with some supporting
facts :-), please E-mail it my way.  Thanks a lot!

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Mike Conca, Computer Science Dept.   *  conca@handel.cs.colostate.edu
Colorado State University            *  conca@129.82.102.32
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