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From: vkr%osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Subsystem 500 - Product Review
Message-ID: <3968@louie.udel.EDU>
Date: 6 Sep 88 14:44:11 GMT
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In message (869@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu) Vidhyanath K. Rao says:

>: The power supply is a seperate unit which has connectors for +5v, -5v, +12v
>: and ground.  The power cable provided only has two connectors on it and
>: there aren't any instructions saying which power supply spots to hook the
>: power cable to.  In fact, my mother tells me that the documentation was
>: basically non-existant...  Oh well.
>:
>I believe that there was one small sentence somewhere. But there is no
>real documentation. Only an installation guide. But if you are willing
>to pay, telephone support if good. I couldn't get the micron 2M board
                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>to work. One needed to install a jumper. The guy at Pacific peripheral
>was calmand helpful in spite of my screaming. I like that :-)

I too have a subsystem 500 and have the Overdrive in slot 1 and the Micron 2M
board in slot 2.  I haven't had any problems with the Micron board, it works
just fine.  On the other hand, I have been having problems with my Overdrive.
I have been getting read/write errors every so often with my Seagate 277N
I am going to try the overheating solution by installing a fan.  But then one
day, after mounting my computer froze.  The floppy light remained on, but there
was no transferrance to the hard disk.  The machine did not GURU either just
kept the floppy drive light on and was froze until a warm-boot.  I'm sending
the overdrive and my hard disk to Pacific Peripherals for inspection.

As a side note: I purchased my hard disk from Lyco computers and I did
paid the 4% VISA charge plus $11.50 UPS blue label charge (total was $475)
They told me it would be about 2 weeks before I would receive it because they
do all their ordering directly with Seagate.  I was very happy when I received
the drive a little over a week later (about 10 days).  Was I lucky or what?