Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbfsb!cbnewsb.cb.att.com!jcs From: jcs@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (John "C". Sucilla) Newsgroups: comp.sys.3b1 Subject: Re: my 3b1 won't boot at all Message-ID: <1991Feb24.010016.7578@cbfsb.att.com> Date: 24 Feb 91 01:00:16 GMT References: <1991Feb12.234150.29718@terminator.cc.umich.edu> <1991Feb20.214541.9346@cbfsb.att.com> <6575@bone13.UUCP> Sender: news@cbfsb.att.com Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 30 murphyn@motcid.UUCP (Neal P. Murphy) writes: >jcs@cbnewsb.cb.att.com (John "C". Sucilla) writes: >>Power it down, wait for the disk to stop spinning and then.... >>.... Pick it up about two inches and then drop it. >>(I'm not kidding.) >Yes, your name isn't Shirley, but you do jest. Dropping the system two >inches is a good way to break things. No, I *don't* jest. I've been doing it for years. A LOT of people use this "quick fix" method to get the box to come back up. It was standard procedure in the old days. >Open the case (by removing the appropriate 10-16 screws) and disconnect >and reconnect every connection you can find (after unplugging the AC mains, >of course.) It should boot after that. I've tried it, *this* is also not a garanteed fixed. The correct way is to open the thing up and thoroughly clean the motherboard and all connectors. I hear the board is extremely sensitive to static buildup caused by the massive amount of dust the design inherently pulls in. One of these days, if I keep it, I'm going to get in there and solder all the connections, including the devices on sockets (except memory, natch). -- AT&T Bell Laboratories, Naperville Il. JC Sucilla IX Room 1F-210, (708) 979-0599 jcs@ixstar.att.com Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com