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From: tomb@hplsla.HP.COM (              Tom Bruhns)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.cbm
Subject: Re: HELP! My children are threating me with GUNs, KNIVES, ATTorn
Message-ID: <6580009@hplsla.HP.COM>
Date: 29 Mar 88 16:35:10 GMT
References: <3234@fluke.COM>
Organization: HP Lake Stevens, WA
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> Well, it finally happended to me, my 64 died last weekend. And of course I
> need some help of a technical nature (sounds of soldering iron heating in
> the background)immeadiately.

> Thanks bunches,
> 
> logden
 
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I've fixed two c64's w/ somewhat similar symptoms.  In each case, it was
one or more RAM chips which had died.  In both cases, it was easy to
figure out which ones were bad:  the bad ones run maybe 30 degC hotter!
I confirmed this with a scope in each case (the outputs don't go crisply to
low and high levels on the bad ones), but the touch test would have
been enough.  This may not help in your case (maybe it is a rom or pal),
but I hope it helps someone somewhere . . .