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From: nick@cs.ed.ac.uk (Nick Rothwell)
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Subject: Re: SE/30 screen flickers/no it doesn't/yes it does/...
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Date: 11 Jun 91 11:14:31 GMT
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Thanks for all the feedback, folks.

I suspect a cold solder joint in the video circuitry, actually. My machine
is fine now, but the screen problem happens sporadically after an hour or
two to warm up. It was happening last summer, was fine over the winter, and
then happened again a couple of weeks ago during a hot spell. It's probable
the dealer couldn't find the problem because (a) the machine was in an
air-conditioned room or (b) they were running it with the top off...

A friend has exactly this problem with his Mac Plus...

Now, how to get the problem to manifest itself in front of a technician...

	Nick.

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Nick Rothwell,	Laboratory for Foundations of Computer Science, Edinburgh.
                nick@lfcs.ed.ac.uk    <Atlantic Ocean>!mcsun!ukc!lfcs!nick
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