Path: utzoo!utgpu!utstat!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!cbmvax!adam From: adam@cbmvax.UUCP (Adam Levin CATS) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech Subject: Re: Big Problems with A1000 Keywords: clock broke stuck Message-ID: <6375@cbmvax.UUCP> Date: 22 Mar 89 14:18:22 GMT References: <1683@aucs.UUCP> <9539@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> <6374@cbmvax.UUCP> Reply-To: adam@cbmvax.UUCP (Adam Levin CATS) Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA Lines: 28 In article <6374@cbmvax.UUCP> sterling@cbmvax.UUCP (Rick Sterling QA) writes: >In article <9539@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU> richarr@nikola.UUCP (Robert Steven Richardson) writes: >> If someone over at Commodore could tell me what chip the clock >> resides on, I could pop it and replace it myself. >> >> Thanks for ANY help. >> >> Bob Richardson | "An Apple a Day? Call the Doctor!" >> richarr@nikola.cs.orst.edu | - David Letterman > >The chip you seek is U300 - the 8520 CIA-A > > Rick Sterling | Test Engineering - Commodore Electronics, Ltd. > N2CGI | UUCP {allegra,rutgers}!cbmvax!sterling > > > But before you buy a new one to replace it, try swapping it with the other 8520 (directly beside the suspect one). It is unlikely that both 8520's have the same defect, so this should help you be certain that your difficulty _is_ the 8520. Adam -- Adam Keith Levin -- CATS Commodore-Amiga Technical Support 1200 Wilson Drive / West Chester, PA 19380 (215) 431-9180 BIX: aklevin UUCP: ...{amiga|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!adam