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From: plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 resets itself
Message-ID: <1322@carroll1.cc.edu>
Date: 15 Mar 90 02:31:53 GMT
References: <1291@carroll1.cc.edu> <1961@ncrcce.StPaul.NCR.COM>
Reply-To: plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka)
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Organization: Carroll College-Waukesha, WI
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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:
>>My Amiga 500 has become very tempermental lately. It just RESETS itself.
>>very similarly to a CTRL-AMIGA-AMIGA.
>Mine too, and its really PISSING ME OFF.
>
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>>WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 
>I'll tell you what it means to me: THE A500 SUCKS.

 BULL!! I fixed mine. I just got a $50 XT power supply, and wired it up,
 now everything's fine! (It's the PS that sucks.)
 (BTW, thanks to those who wrote me email suggesting solutions.)

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>>Thanks for ANY help.
>There is little hope of help, I think we're hosed. 

 I think not, mine's running fine, and has been for days now.
 Apparently, the secret to fixing a 500 is to replace the power supply
 first, no matter how unlikely the symptoms seem to lead to that conclusion.
 I would definitely suggest you DO NOT take it in for repair. It seems
 they always want to check the chips and give you a big bill. surprise.

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