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From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: power supply bad?
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Date: 27 Apr 91 05:07:24 GMT
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In article <1991Apr27.043711.15468@sbcs.sunysb.edu> dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) writes:
>
>  I have to make this quick...
>
>  My hard disk (3 days old) is spinning constantly. LED comes on only when
>accessed (as it should). It heatsup very quickly, along with 68000 and
>the power supply. I never heard my hard disk make a noise until 10 minutes
>ago. Coulkd it be the power supply isn't strong enough? 
>
>Thanks.
>
>
>-- 
>    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 

  Okay, I removed the hard disk and disabled all of the ram. More info:

  1) The IDE controller pushes the 68000 high enough that it touches the
     keyboard of my a500.

  2) I get lots of task-held errors when my ADDMEM command is executed.

  3) I get lots of GURUs every day, although sometimes not for a few days.

  4) 68000 heats up a lot, but not too hot to touch. Same as the power supply
     and the new hard drive (68000 is the hottest). Also, GARY gets a little
     warm and those two big blue 'skyscraper' capacitor things around the
     DENISE area get really hot in the metal tops. Sometimes the power supply
     makes a hissing or click noise. The monitor hisses also, and when I 
     press both mouse buttons it makes a 'pop' noise.

  5) I have no df0: hooked up when my hard drive is in, but do occassionally
     use an a1010 df1: when I need to put files on my hard disk (not often).

  6) I have a Baseboard ram expander with two megs on it, for a grand total
     of 2.5 megs ram.

  7) Everything is plugged into a spike protector.

  8) I also have a fan to cool the monitor, but I just recently moved it in 
     position for the power supply (30 minutes ago).

  9) Hard drive whirrs constantly, and it hasn't done that before. I can
    also hear it click as it accesses the platter, which I never heard before
    either. I found it to be extremely silent when I first installed it (I
    wasn't sure whether it was even running or not).

 10) Power for the hard drive is from the power I used to use for df0:.

 11) It is a TEAC SD-340 IDE hard drive, using AdIDE 40 hard drive controller,
     in an Amiga 500.



  I will call the dealer as soon as possible, and I am sure he will say that
it is supposed to spin constantly and make lots of noise.


  PLEASE HELP!

-- 
    David Tiberio  SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481  AMIGA  DDD-MEN  Tomas Arce 
           Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)

                   Un ragazzo di Casalbordino, Italia.