choong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Choong Huei Seow) (12/02/87)
I do not often get to read this newsgroup so this may have come up before. I had a problem with my Commodore: When I turned it on the screen would come up with the normal colors but no words would appear and it would not respond to the keyboard. I brought it in and got it repaired. My friend now has the same problem with his Commodore. Is this a common problem with a known fix? If so I would like to try and fix it myself (having it repaired would cost more than half of what a new machine would cost.) Does anybody have any idea what the problem might be? If possible could you also send replies directly to me at: cfj@xx.lcs.mit.edu (As I said before I do not get to read this often, I am currently reading it via a friends account.) Thanks.
jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu (Jon George Seidl) (12/02/87)
In article <1791@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU> choong@mit-amt.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Choong Huei Seow) writes: > >I do not often get to read this newsgroup so this may have come up >before. I had a problem with my Commodore: When I turned it on the >screen would come up with the normal colors but no words would appear >and it would not respond to the keyboard. > This isn't a response to the above. However, it is a little note of interest related to above. I've found that the first thing to check is the power supply with C64s when they go down. If you have the industry standard of electronics caked in plastic-gook, you will probably (if not already) have problems with the power supply over-heating. When mine went the symptoms were a blank screen of light blue (I think) without any border and the power light would not come on. Jon 'If bitnet bounces, c'est la vie...we're breaking in new nodes.' --------------- \_/ \/\/ - /\/\ilwaukee BRING BACK MAX, PLEASE!!!! arpanet: jon@csd4.milw.wisc.edu bitnet: jon%csd4.milw.wisc.edu@wiscmac3.bitnet (vms3.macc.wisc.edu) UUCP: ihnp4!uwmcsd1!csd4!jon