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From: scott@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM (Scott Linn)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware
Subject: Re: Memory problems putting PC on side.
Message-ID: <25740001@hpcvca.CV.HP.COM>
Date: 19 Feb 91 21:14:41 GMT
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Co., Corvallis, Oregon
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/ hpcvca:comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware / BRUNSMR@PURCCVM.BITNET /  8:13 pm  Feb 14, 1991 /

>The computer is mounted on the floor on it's side.  I've recently found
>that when this happens, if I lean the computer to it's normal position
>and hit the reset switch, it boots up fine.  If I don't lean it down,
>it continues to have the error.

Did you do a low-level format with the computer on its side?  This is
what was recommended by ZEOS if you were going to use one of their
machines on its side.

Scott Linn