Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET (Z4648252) (09/16/89)
A few days back, I posted a note about a Mega which no longer reset via the reset button, or when switching monitors with a monitor switcher. It also would not go on-line when power was applied yet would come up when the power switch was turned off and then turned back on. I received a few comments about this and was surprised that there are many STs experiencing the same problem. The following are portions of a few letters which I received: ---------- I saw your article in comp.sys.atari.st about your friend's Mega acting strangely, mainly turning it off and back on rapidly to start it up. Well, I have a 1040 that does the same thing. Turning it off and back on in the space of about two seconds is the only way to boot it, and the reset button doesn't work. It seemed to gradually happen with mine, but would get the worst when the ST was hot. ----------- Hee hee hee. A 520 that I bought used at a garage sale had the same problem. I bought it for $100.00 and replaced the 68000 chip. Works perfectly!!! You might try that. ----------- My 1040ST does that! I thought that it might be my reset button not working but don't understand why.....I have to turn [the power switch] on and off several times to make the computer work. Could it be the power supply? The color monitor comes on with a white screen when the thing doesn't work. When I turn it on and off several times, it finally wakes up. My solution is to not turn the computer off and use a cold boot program so that I can play copy protected games and stuff. ----------- Another helpful STer wrote and gave a theory of the reset process on the ST. He felt that either the GLUE or the 68000 chip was bad. He also said that holding the reset button in for a long time could bring either chip down. If anyone else has comments on this, I'll be glad to sum them up. Larry Rymal: |East Texas Atari 68NNNers| <Z4648252@SFAUSTIN.BITNET>