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From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.emulations
Subject: Re: A2286 BridgeBoard woes..
Message-ID: <1348@cbmger.UUCP>
Date: 13 Jun 91 06:22:43 GMT
References: <1991Jun12.222114.9813@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu>
Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY)
Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany
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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
>
>    Anyway, I paid it no mind since I don't use it every day.  But now 
>(of course) that I want to use it, it won't boot at all..  Or if it does 
>boot, it only lasts for about 5 minutes.. that is, I am happily typing away
>or running some program then everything just freezes.  No more keyboard 
>input accepted, Ctrl-Alt-Del does nothing, even PCHard has no effect or it 
>just goes through the same stuff as when I cold booted.  Also, I notice that
>occasionally when I'm not even thinking about the bridgeboard, it reboots
>(or maybe boots for the first time) while I'm doing something on the Amiga 
>side..  Pretty bizarre??  That's what I say.. 

If a bridgeboard acts bizarre like this, you most certainly ran into
contact problems. Take the BB out, push every IC firmly back into its
socket (if one sits uncomfortably, take it out and insert it properly),
then push the whole board properly back into the A2000. Works wonders
sometimes.

-- 
Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel  // E-Mail to  \\  Only my personal opinions... 
Commodore Frankfurt, Germany  \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk