Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cbmvax!jesup From: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: system lockup problem continues Message-ID: <17997@cbmvax.commodore.com> Date: 24 Jan 91 00:38:05 GMT References: Reply-To: jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com (Randell Jesup) Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA Lines: 23 In article jms@vanth.UUCP (Jim Shaffer) writes: >It was locking up occasionally when I tried to use the floppy drives. I >got three suggestions from the net: First, that it was a bug in >trackdisk.device. Second, that it was a power supply problem. Third, that >it was a bad 8520 chip. >Unfortunately, replacing the 8520 chips had absolutely no effect on the >problem. I'm now looking for other suggestions. >the fan causes the image on my monitor to waver slightly. The waver is >accompanied by a minor color shift. Sounds a lot like a hardware problem, likely a PS voltage problem. It also could perhaps be input power problems (low voltage or spikes or some such), though this seems less likely. Note: I'm a software guy, not hardware. -- Randell Jesup, Keeper of AmigaDos, Commodore Engineering. {uunet|rutgers}!cbmvax!jesup, jesup@cbmvax.commodore.com BIX: rjesup The compiler runs Like a swift-flowing river I wait in silence. (From "The Zen of Programming") ;-)