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From: gutierrez@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Dead A2620 board...what do I do with it???
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Date: 17 Nov 90 03:45:36 GMT
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I have a dead 2620 board.

It first starting having guru problems (nope, like an idiot, I never wrote
the guru errors down...), then it wouldn't boot up properly.  Now, it
just doesn't exsist in the system anymore. I can't even get the 68000/
68020 menu up, it just boots straight into the 68000 and thinks the 2620
doesn't exisit.

I had a local shop look into it loooong time ago, and they changed the PALs
and the processor, but no difference.  They then gave the board back and
told me I was just out of luck.  Suggestions included buying a new 2620.

Now, I obviously have an investment in the system/board, and I'd like to
see it running again.  What choices do I have???  Am I really out of luck???
If that is so, obviously, I have *NO* intention in getting another 2620
just to see it go the same way...

Any suggestions, like shops (either in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley)
or mail order places that can fix it???

Please, I do not do as many things on my Amy anymore, since I have a 25 mhz
386-PC, and it does seem to be reaaaal fast...


Thanks in advance.


   Robert Gutierrez
   NASA Science Internet Network Operations.