[comp.sys.atari.st] Repairing a 1040ST

neil@cs.hw.ac.uk (Neil Forsyth) (05/09/88)

One of our 1040ST's is not working properly. It's a weird problem (they always
are :-). It seems to work just fine until you run some programs or call up the
Control Panel, then you get some bombs (approx 2 - 10). The GEM Desktop works
fine and files can be copied with 100% integrity all over the place so the hard
drive, floppy and DMA are OK. We have a 'Tracker' and plenty of machines to
compare to, but if anyone can suggest what the possible fault is &/| a solution
I would be very grateful. When the machine is back on its feet again the
solution will of course be posted here. This may happen to you one day!

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