gutierrez@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez) (11/17/90)
I have a dead 2620 board. It first starting having guru problems (nope, like an idiot, I never wrote the guru errors down...), then it wouldn't boot up properly. Now, it just doesn't exsist in the system anymore. I can't even get the 68000/ 68020 menu up, it just boots straight into the 68000 and thinks the 2620 doesn't exisit. I had a local shop look into it loooong time ago, and they changed the PALs and the processor, but no difference. They then gave the board back and told me I was just out of luck. Suggestions included buying a new 2620. Now, I obviously have an investment in the system/board, and I'd like to see it running again. What choices do I have??? Am I really out of luck??? If that is so, obviously, I have *NO* intention in getting another 2620 just to see it go the same way... Any suggestions, like shops (either in the San Francisco/Silicon Valley) or mail order places that can fix it??? Please, I do not do as many things on my Amy anymore, since I have a 25 mhz 386-PC, and it does seem to be reaaaal fast... Thanks in advance. Robert Gutierrez NASA Science Internet Network Operations.
a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) (11/18/90)
In article <1990Nov17.034536.7954@nas.nasa.gov> gutierrez@noc.arc.nasa.gov (Robert Michael Gutierrez) writes: >I have a dead 2620 board. > >It first starting having guru problems (nope, like an idiot, I never wrote >the guru errors down...), then it wouldn't boot up properly. Now, it >just doesn't exsist in the system anymore. I can't even get the 68000/ >68020 menu up, it just boots straight into the 68000 and thinks the 2620 >doesn't exisit. My 2620 has been slowly dying too, with symptoms very much like yours. It starts off flickering between black and gray screens about once a second, with the power light flashing in time with the screen. If I leave it for several minutes, it will eventually boot properly, although it might come up with gurus or the Workbench hand, or otherwise need the three-finger salute to help it along. Once it decides to work, though, everything is fine for as long as I leave the power on. I mentioned this to my dealer, and he recognized the symptoms. Unfortunately, it looks like it'll have to go back to the factory for repairs. I can live the the 68000 for now; what I miss is that two megabytes of memory that are on the 2620. I can't live in a single megabyte any more :-( Take that, you MS-DOS freaks. :-) Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP Intel put the "backward" in "backward compatible."