whorfin@pixar.uucp (Concerto for potentiometer and filter) (03/02/90)
I've again lost the list of self-test colors and what they mean. If someone
could send them to me, I'd be very appreciative. Hints on repairing an A1000
which refuses to display the Kickstart screen, but plays the happy tune
would also be met with gratitude. It occasionally asks for Kickstart, but
has a hell of a time reading it in (many, many seeks and gronks). I have
tested both the drive and the Kickstart disk and they are known good. On
even rarer occasions in which Kickstart is read successfully, I either get
success with Workbench or a puke green screen and a reboot. Non-deterministic
failures give me the willies.
I only have one spare 8520R2, and have tried it in both sockets in all
possible permutations with the existing 8520's. The failure mode stays
basically the same, with variations on the probability of reading Kickstart
which may be my imagination.
--Rick
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