Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!watmath!att!dptg!lzsc!hcj
From: hcj@lzsc.ATT.COM (HC Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Flaky 1040st
Summary: reseat the socketed chips
Message-ID: <1379@lzsc.ATT.COM>
Date: 9 Mar 90 15:04:30 GMT
References: <9003072218.AA03079@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>
Organization: AT&T BL Middletown/Lincroft NJ USA
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In article <9003072218.AA03079@vuse.vanderbilt.edu>, cantwell@VUSE.VANDERBILT.EDU (Jeff Cantwell) writes:
> Help!  My 3 year old 1040ST seems to be getting a bit flaky lately.  I
> get frequent bombs when trying to run software that used to be fine.

Open it up and reseat the socketed chips.
While this applies to the ROMS and Video shifter, it is particularly
important to pull out and reinstall the little square ones in a 4 sided
socket. (MMU to you).  It makes only light contact with its fingers and
can cause all kinds of sickness.

BTW this is what the "drop it on the floor" remedies are trying to do, only
its a lot safer to just reseat the chips.

Howard C. Johnson
ATT Bell Labs
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