bill@mwca.UUCP (Bill Sheppard) (11/27/90)
Just thought I'd pass along this info...
This weekend I was swapping monitors (I have a rather elaborate setup allowing
me to have video tuner, VCR, ST, or 8-bit sound and video come through some
combination of stereo, VCR, or composite monitor) and managed to fry my sound
chip - at least, the ST was no longer making sound, and the serial
communications weren't working properly. Everything else appeared fine,
however (though I didn't try the floppy). At any rate, while diagnosing the
problem I pulled out the sound chip, and was surprised to see that the
computer booted and ran perfectly (of course, no sound, and still no serial).
I was surprised that the computer could run without that chip, however.
Anyway, being lucky enough to have a socketed sound chip, I simply swapped it
for a new one ($10, B&C Computervision), and everything works perfectly.
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