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From: george@wombat.bungi.COM (George Scolaro)
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Subject: Re: Oh my god, is that thing _alive_?
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Date: 11 Feb 91 15:13:37 GMT
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[In the message entitled "Oh my god, is that thing _alive_?" on Feb 10, 11:24, Grant Waldram writes:]
> 
> Just as a small further note, I'm finding that the initial power-up
> after a long period of being turned off sometimes doesn't result in
> any activity (LED's, but no prompt), so I'm thinking of increasing
> C47 to about 47uf to try and fix this. Anyone feel like suggesting
> that a) I've picked the wrong cap or b) this is a dang fool thing
> to do anyway?

Congratulations. But, does the board work if you then assert RESET? If the
LEDs light up, that means that the initialization software has programmed
the AIC6250 (which is where the LEDs are hooked up to). Seems unlikely that
the board resets correctly enough for that to happen but the prompt doesn't
appear...

Has anyone else out there had problems with power on reset?

regards,

-- 
George Scolaro
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