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From: xrtnt@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (Nigel Tzeng)
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Subject: Re: A500 resets itself
Summary: It's just a sh*tty computer
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Date: 14 Mar 90 14:57:37 GMT
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In article <1961@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>, klein@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM (Tony Klein) writes...
^In article <1291@carroll1.cc.edu> plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka) writes:
^>Thanks for ANY help.

[Large amounts of screaming and yelling (very justified screaming and yelling)

^There is little hope of help, I think we're hosed. 
^ 
^>    plonka@carroll1.cc.edu     Dave Plonka                       ///
^>    plonka@carroll1.UUCP       ARS:  N9HZF                   \\\///  AMIGA
^ 
^     -<TK>-
^____/|  Tony Klein                    NCR Comten, St.Paul, MN 612-638-7861
^ () \|  klein@stpaul.ncr.com                  ...uunet!ncrlnk!ncrcce!klein

If the silly thing is still under warranty insist that the motherbard be
swapped.  Or bitch at the dealer/CBM until they get tired of listening to you
and offer to give you a new motherboard for a nominal fee.  Yeah...lots of work
but I'm not willing to chuck a 600+ dollar CPU into the trash bin.

Lemons exist everywhere...I used to sell computers (IBM Clones...but I have
seen the light...) that had really bad quality control.  People who came in we
eventually just swapped the mother boards (evidently there were a few messy
traces on some of the runs) and shipped it back to the company.  They were
otherwise great machines (in terms of bang per buck) and were reliable if you
got decent motherboards.  We've got a Mac here that insists on being screwed
up...blown 2 hard drives controllers so far.

You know...my A500 refuses to boot when the temperature is below 60 degrees. 
Very strange.

NT

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