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From: harrison@ucsfcgl.UUCP (Peter Harrison%MIS)
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Subject: Re: Apple ][ problems
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Date: Wed, 15-Aug-84 12:56:50 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 15 12:56:50 1984
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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