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From: bob@acornrc.UUCP (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Resolution of "XT Clone Takes Forever to Boot" problem
Message-ID: <1001@acornrc.UUCP>
Date: 30 Aug 88 00:16:33 GMT
Organization: Acorn Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
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A while ago, I posted a message describing how my El Cheapo XT clone
was taking longer and longer to boot up at power-on.  I'd already
tried obvious things like making sure all electrical contacts were
good and solid.

Saturday it stopped booting at all.  I finally gave in and took it to
the store where I bought it (Fry's in Sunnyvale, CA, for those of you
who are in this area), since it was still under the one-year
manufacturer's warranty.

I was sure that would be the last I'd see of it for months, that it
would be shipped back to Taiwan to be serviced by the manufacturer.

Much to my surprise, the technician opened it right up and asked a few
pertinent questions about the machine's behavior.  Then she started
swapping plug-in boards.  She swapped the monographics (Hercules clone)
adaptor twice before finding one that worked.

Lo and behold, El Cheapo booted right up.  The monographics
display/printer card was the culprit.

Fry's has a satisfied customer here.

Hope this helps some of the others who responded to my posting
indicating they had similar problems.

-- 
Bob Weissman
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