brian@wolves.uucp (Brian Daniels) (07/28/90)
I have an Atari 1040STf (one of the older ones-no rf modulator) and it has
had a problem for some time. About once a month or so, when I turned on the
computer, it would come up with a sound as if you were holding down a key.
(buuzzzzzzzzzzzzz) No mouse movement would be possible and rebooting often
did not make it go away. Once, I had to shut it off, unplug it, AND unplug
the mouse and joystick (just shutting it off and unplugging did NOT work)
to make it go away. Now, I have just added an ICD hard drive adapter and a
20 mb drive. I have had a new version of the bug that buzzes in a pattern;
(buuuzzz buuuzzz buuzzzzz buuzzz) about 8 times this evening! Changing
resolutions seems to trigger it. Incidentially, it has not happened
in the last two hours--but if it comes back I want to be ready to kill it!
Does anyone know of this bug? All help will be greatly appreciated!
PS: the battery-backed clock on the ICD board seems to be running slow
(loses 5-10 min a day). Is there an adjust for this?
Thanks,
Brian Daniels
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Brian Daniels
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--------------------------------------------------------------------------hyc@math.lsa.umich.edu (Howard Chu) (07/29/90)
In article <1990Jul28.042552.14503@wolves.uucp> brian@wolves.uucp (Brian Daniels) writes: >I have an Atari 1040STf (one of the older ones-no rf modulator) and it has >had a problem for some time. About once a month or so, when I turned on the >computer, it would come up with a sound as if you were holding down a key. >(buuzzzzzzzzzzzzz) No mouse movement would be possible and rebooting often >did not make it go away. Once, I had to shut it off, unplug it, AND unplug >the mouse and joystick (just shutting it off and unplugging did NOT work) This sounds like something flaky in your keyboard processor. I had this happen to me once with my Mega, and it took me quite a few tries before I figured out I had to remove the batteries to get the keyboard to reset. (The downside to intelligent components... Sometimes they get confused!) >to make it go away. Now, I have just added an ICD hard drive adapter and a >20 mb drive. I have had a new version of the bug that buzzes in a pattern; >(buuuzzz buuuzzz buuzzzzz buuzzz) about 8 times this evening! Changing >resolutions seems to trigger it. Incidentially, it has not happened >in the last two hours--but if it comes back I want to be ready to kill it! >Does anyone know of this bug? All help will be greatly appreciated! Maybe the clock-setting software for the ICD is causing the breaks in the buzzing.... What programs are in your AUTO folder? Anyway... your keyboard processor is probably wearing out or overheating. -- -- Howard Chu @ University of Michigan one million data bits stored on a chip, one million bits per chip if one of those data bits happens to flip, one million data bits stored on the chip...