Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucsfcgl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!ucbvax!ucsfcgl!harrison From: harrison@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Peter Harrison%MIS) Newsgroups: net.micro.apple Subject: Re: Apple ][ problems Message-ID: <335@ucsfcgl.UUCP> Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 12:56:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ucsfcgl.335 Posted: Wed Aug 15 12:56:50 1984 Date-Received: Sun, 19-Aug-84 12:21:26 EDT References: <12334@sri-arpa.UUCP> Organization: Computer Graphics Lab, San Francisco Lines: 25 Such problems are common with apples. I have ALWAYS (5 years) been able to fix them by a one or more of the following techniques: Let it cool off. If heating is the problem, buy a fan. The fans inside the computer do not work. Get one of the ones that hang off the side. Push on all the chips. They often work a little loose. You have to push pretty hard. The risk is that you will crack the mother board. I have not done that yet. Pull out your disk controller card (and/or other cards) and clean off the little gold contact fingers with an eraser. Make absolutely sure that the power is off. I got frustrated once pulling boards and managed to pull one with the power on: goodbye motherboard. You may be lucky to get someone who knows what they are doing at a computer store. The time I blew my motherboard, it took ComputerLand 4 weeks to get it fixed. I think I knew more than most of thir repair people, and I don't even know the names of the chips, let alone what they do. A big part ofg the problem was that they did not listen to what I problems were going on, or did not check to see if it was gone after they had a second (and third, and fourth) shot at fixing it. Peter Harrison