mjw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Witbrock) (05/11/88)
A few days ago I (force majure - I had to remove temptation so I could
take an exam ) I turned my 2000 off. After I turned it on again, the fan
started acting strangely. It slows down and speeds up. When It slows down, it sounds like the computer is dying, and is therefore RATHER alarming.
Do I need to get the fan replaced, or is this harmless (I already had to get the power supply replaced which took 3weeks).
On a sidenote: Commodore should give serious consideration to having
their machines made in a country which a) has a reputation for quality (Japan,
West Germany etc) and b) doesn't pay what are tantamount to slave wages.
My 1000, made in Japan, has run faultlessly for 2years. My 2000 has had two hardware problems in less than 6 months.
michael
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In article <1650@pt.cs.cmu.edu> mjw@f.gp.cs.cmu.edu (Michael Witbrock) writes:
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$On a sidenote: Commodore should give serious consideration to having
$their machines made in a country which a) has a reputation for quality (Japan,
$West Germany etc) and b) doesn't pay what are tantamount to slave wages.
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It's not the country ... but rather the quality of the total production test
packages.
I spent 25 days tweeking the Loaded-Board tests, GenRad 2275 In-Circuit-Test
(ICT) ATE, for the A1000 to insure that ALL of the analog components were
tested to as tight a tollerence as possible. You can all thank Bill Kolb,
ex-director of advanced hardware engineering C-A Los Gatos, CA, for allowing
me to take the time to insure that the Amiga 1000 has Audio and Video
consistency from unit to unit.
Dave Needle created a superb set of functional system tests used to test the
boards after they passes the GR2275 ICT testing.
After passing Dave's tests that boards were burned in for 8 or more hours
with just power applied in a "hot room", and then retested on Dave's
functional tester.
After they passed post burn-in testing they were assembled into the A1000
as we all know and love.
As if that was not enough a final system level burn-in test, written by Dusty
Baker, was run for 24 hours. Dusty's test checked RAM, Disk write/read,
and anything else that could be written to and then read for verification.
Great pains were taken to provide the best power supply unit and quietest
FAN possible for the A1000.
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$My 1000, made in Japan, has run faultlessly for 2years. My 2000 has had two
$hardware problems in less than 6 months.
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$michael
Hans
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Ah speaks fur meself and none other.