Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!portal!atari!danscott
From: danscott@atari.UUCP (Dan Scott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <1239@atari.UUCP>
Date: 21 Nov 88 18:26:56 GMT
References: <8811162045.AA26060@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
Organization: Atari Corp., Sunnyvale CA.
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in article <8811162045.AA26060@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>, MARKS@HDETUD53.BITNET ("MARKS@HDETUD53.bitnet") says:
> X-Unparsable-Date: Wed, 16 Nov 88 16:44 UT+1
> 
> 
> Yow! Me and my 1040ST have just suffered a hardware blowout, and I'm in need of
> some advice.  The machine isn't totally dead; some things run, some things
> bomb.  I have naively come to the conclusion that there is a RAM failure
> somewhere.  Because, first of all, big programs bomb, small ones don't.  And
> secondly because of some ramdisk experiments--a ramdisk up to 450K will
> install without apparent problem, but installing one over 500K leaves a lot
> of garbage on the screen.  Does it sound like I'm on the right track, hardware
> wizards?

Sounds like you're on the right track.  It could be either bad RAM or a bad
MMU chip.  I would bet on the RAM.

I don't think there would be a problem with a european tech looking at the
computer unless he starts poking around the power supply area of the board 
<GRIN>....  You will need to haul that converter around unless the shop
already has 110VAC lines available.


I haven't seen any NEW ram check utils in a few months, but I do have three
PD ones that were floating around.  If you E-mail me an address I can place
them on a disk and have them mail 1st class postage to you on disk.


Dan @ Atari Corp.