Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!samsung!olivea!genie!udel!princeton!njsmu!mccc!dworkin!jtravis From: jtravis@dworkin.Amber.mccc.edu (Jim, Sysop) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: A3000 woes : @!#$!%%@! Keywords: warrantee? Message-ID: <4J8c51w163w@dworkin.Amber.mccc.edu> Date: 30 Jun 91 17:24:50 GMT References: Sender: bbs@dworkin.UUCP Organization: Labyrinth II BBS Lines: 45 Weenie-alert! Please get ready to skip ahead if you don't want to read potential flamage... rzv30@cccvm.ccc.amdahl.com (Rene' A. Vega) writes: > Oh sigh, Commodore's quality control isn't very high. I received my A3000 Nice rhyme..you think of all that yourself? > through the mail (actually UPS). When I turned it on, I too got the CAN'T GET > MEMORY message right after superkick tried to load in 2.0. I wasn't about to UPS? Ahem....U-P-S? They could put Samsonite out of business! > send the machine back to Commodore and wait around a couple of months, so I > decided to repair it myself. In the end all I had to do was reseat the ZIPPs > get it to work correctly. It really isn't all that difficult to gain access t > the fast memory area - the manual that comes with the A3000 is quite clear on > how to do it. Indeed. Lucky for you that you're a rocket-scientist too, huh? > > Doing this will void your warranty, but if you carefully remove the C= sticke > then replace it after you're done, who's to know??? More mis-information. Since when has adding ram voided your warranty? That's all you're doing, isn't it - moving ram around. My 3000 says nothing about that, although the book says that any damage caused by improper installation of ram voids their warranties.. But then again, with your impeccable ethics, why worry? > > Good luck... You'll need it.. > > > > Rene' A. Vega > > *** the original renegade ***