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From: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A2286 BridgeBoard woes..
Message-ID: <22413@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 13 Jun 91 19:09:58 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.222114.9813@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: drysdale@cbmvax.commodore.com (Scott Drysdale)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <1991Jun12.222114.9813@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> jsibley@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (James Sibley) writes:
>
>    Well, let's get right to it shall we.. I've got an Amiga 2500 about a
>year old with a 286 bridgeboard installed which I don't use all that often
>and lately I've noticed that sometimes it doesn't even boot on startup 
>(At the binddrivers command.. nice little Janus setup failure window, etc..)

[tales of random behavior deleted]

it sounds like it needs its chips reseated.  take it out, and push firmly
on all the socketed parts.  the 2286 is notorious for chips walking out of
the sockets (even if the machine is kept on all the time).

>      James Sibley                                Nous Sommes Du Soleil

  --Scotty
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