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From: stanger@otago.ac.nz (Nigel Stanger)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hardware
Subject: Re: SE quits
Message-ID: <1991Jun12.144352.519@otago.ac.nz>
Date: 12 Jun 91 03:21:20 GMT
References: <91161.1641223IU4TOB@CMUVM.BITNET>
Organization: University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
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In article <91161.1641223IU4TOB@CMUVM.BITNET>, <3IU4TOB@CMUVM.BITNET> writes: 
> My SE is giving me fits(2M, HD40). It may run OK forseveral
> hours, but then it suddenly resets, just as if the programmer's
> interrupt had been pressed. It did this once several days ago and
> then failed to turn on in the morning (no disk spin up, black
> screen.) We had the power supply replaced and it appeared to be
> fixed, but shortly thereafter the symptoms came back. Next, we
> replaced the ana log board. It ran ok for a number of hours and
> then, Bingo, it reset several ti mes in a row. I have also tried
> a different surge protector and have asked if a nyone else in the
> building is having any problems. No clues so far. Has anyone
> experienced anything like this and know a possible cause?

It might be a RAM problem. I used to have an SE, and when I
upgraded it to 4M, one of the SIMMs I got was faulty. The end
result was that I could reset the machine by tapping lightly on
the side of the SE. However, I also got a sad mac at startup
time, which you aren't. It might be worth checking though.

-- 
See ya
                                Nigel.
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