Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!lll-winken!xanth!wilso_d From: wilso_d@cs.odu.edu (DeWitte Wilson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy Subject: Re: Dying Model IV...can it be saved? Message-ID: <8309@xanth.cs.odu.edu> Date: 1 Apr 89 02:14:43 GMT References: <77815TRM900@PSUVM> Reply-To: wilso_d@cs.odu.edu (DeWitte Wilson) Organization: Old Dominion University, Norfolk Va. Lines: 25 In article <77815TRM900@PSUVM> TRM900@PSUVM.BITNET (Tony R. Marasco) writes: >After being used for >about 1/2 hour in either Model III or IV mode, the screen gets large, >the cassette switch (I guess it's a relay) clicks, and the machine >resets. If I allow it to rest for about 2 minutes, it decides to run >fine again. This just started to happen about 1-2 weeks ago... > >Does anyone have any idea as to what the problem >might be? Should I get rid of it? Any help is greatly appreciated... I wouldn't get rid of it, but you might try checking out your power supply. Radio Shack would probably charge WAY too much to look at it, so if you can find someone locally (at a users group) that could look it over, it would be better. I had a similar problem about a week ago - the system kept booting, and Cassette basic was non existent. I finally traced it to the model 4 speaker connection, which SUDDENLY (??) decided to go bad - a few times plugging it in/unplugging it cleared up the problem. ...dewitte -- DeWitte Wilson Old Dominion University Sysop - The Mod III BBS 804-424-1215 [300=>2400] 8N1 "We are the keepers of the Sacred Words. Ni ... Peng ... and Neee ... Wom!"