Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!pacbell!sactoh0!bkbarret
From: bkbarret@sactoh0.UUCP (Brent K. Barrett)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: Heat problem ???
Summary: Heat problem is power supply..
Keywords: Multiple characters...
Message-ID: <611@sactoh0.UUCP>
Date: 8 Jan 89 03:58:56 GMT
References: <6418@cg-atla.UUCP>
Organization: Sacramento Public Access, Ca. USA
Lines: 18

In article <6418@cg-atla.UUCP>, tremblay@cg-atla.UUCP (Ken Tremblay) writes:
> 
>     I have an 800XL that seems to have a heat problem.  When the 
>   system is on for an hour an a half the screen starts giving me
>   multiple characters flashing randomly.  Has anyone else seen
>   this kind of problem ?  Could it be the RAM chips ?  The RAM in
 
 I've seen exactly what you describe (provided you have an accurate
description, of course). I'd be willing to bet it's the 800xl power
supply, since that is what failed in my old system. They are hard
to come by in the Sacramento, CA area, but they may be easier where
you live (BTW, the 130Xe and 800XL power supplies are identical in
output).

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 "Somebody help me! I'm trapped in this computer!"
  
 Brent Barrett ..pacbell!sactoh0!bkbarret GEMAIL: B.K.BARRETT