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From: aras@ecerl2.ncsu.edu
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: Cold SE startup problems
Message-ID: <1990Feb17.193325.5526@ncsuvx.ncsu.edu>
Date: 17 Feb 90 19:33:25 GMT
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In article <3441.25d7d66a@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu writes:
>In regard to the problem of the SE not starting frm the external hard drive
>until it had warmed up for 20 minutes, I had exactly the same problem with

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>and all) as the machines start up and cool off.  So constant switching on and
>off leads to metal fatigue and strange errors after a while - which I've
>certainly encountered in a public Mac room where students flip the Macs on and
>off constantly.
>
>Adam  pv9y@vax5.cit.cornell.edu

I had a similar experience, but with the power supply; at the end, it
took a blow dryer to cozy it up so that it would start. The cause, I
don't know, I went through the whole power supply before having to send
it to have it repaired and no cold joints or anything. It seems that the
problem is not only expansion but the surge each time you turn on the
machine.
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