Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!caip!cbmvax!higgin From: higgin@cbmvax.cbm.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga Subject: Re: Amiga Death (comes with story!) Message-ID: <700@cbmvax.cbmvax.cbm.UUCP> Date: Fri, 5-Sep-86 10:17:20 EDT Article-I.D.: cbmvax.700 Posted: Fri Sep 5 10:17:20 1986 Date-Received: Fri, 5-Sep-86 21:42:24 EDT References: <6017@alice.uUCp> Reply-To: higgin@cbmvax.UUCP (Paul Higginbottom) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 40 In article <6017@alice.uUCp> d@alice.UUCP (Daniel Rosenberg) writes: >... >Five Kickstart disks later, I realized I was in a hole. I finally found a >place that had an Amiga repair department. > >$35 to start. $50/hour for labor. ("Okay, not bad.") I explained the >problem. ("Oh - we'll have to replace the motherboard. Ten working days >and at LEAST $300.") > >Does anyone have any suggestions? This simply COULDN'T be worth a new >motherboard... > >Any suggestions appreciated. Boy do I have all the luck. > >Thanks much. >-- ># Daniel Rosenberg (CE) @ AT&T Bell Labs, Murray Hill ># disclaimer: These opinions are necessarily mine, not my employer's. ># UUCP: { (ihnp4) || research || allegra}!alice!d AT&T: 201/582-6455 (work) ># "We're not in the eighth dimension! We're over New Jersey!" - BB Well Daniel, did they try tell you exactly what was wrong with the machine, or have THEY simply given up? If the machine does anything at power up, I don't think it could be that sick. I think you might be advised to get it back and get someone else to look at it. I'm not trying to say that the people you took it to are disreputable, but someone else might be able to find out what's wrong rather than giving up and saying "what the hell, replace the motherboard, it's not our money" (not their words exactly, admittedly). When it said put in a kickstart, did you try turning the machine off (i.e., power), and then starting over, including disconnecting the printer? (Maybe that was screwing it up). Hope this helps (probably doesn't). Paul Higginbottom Disclaimer: I do not work for Commodore and these opinions are my own.