dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas) (06/18/91)
I have been having intermittent failures with my voice power card, and have now discovered that if I jiggle it by the handle (even with it still screwed to the 3b1 chassis), it will start working again. In light of this, I suspect the 99pin connector. Anybody else had trouble with these connectors? I've always been suspicious because I didn't feel a very positive snug fit when inserting cards, but until now, I've never had a failure. little david -- Early to rise and late to bed, Makes a man tired, wired, and dead.
yarvin-norman@cs.yale.edu (Norman Yarvin) (06/18/91)
dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas) writes: >Anybody else had trouble with these connectors? I've always been suspicious >because I didn't feel a very positive snug fit when inserting cards, but >until now, I've never had a failure. I was just surprised that the connector was so hard to push in all the way. :-)
orac@chinet.chi.il.us (Paul Giovacchini) (06/20/91)
In article <1991Jun18.025840.23540@yenta.alb.nm.us> dt@yenta.alb.nm.us (David B. Thomas) writes: >I have been having intermittent failures with my voice power card, and >have now discovered that if I jiggle it by the handle (even with it >still screwed to the 3b1 chassis), it will start working again. In >light of this, I suspect the 99pin connector. >Anybody else had trouble with these connectors? I've always been suspicious >because I didn't feel a very positive snug fit when inserting cards, but >until now, I've never had a failure. I have a similar problem with my RAM card. But the diference is that reseating the card sometimes work, other times not. I also suspect that the card is getting old. I do see that one of the holes on the card is more warn than the others. Bent pin? It is hard to see in the slot cavity, making it hard to tell. Any ideas? ( the problem manifests itself as parity errors, lock ups when booting and while running, and disk problems. ) ============================= | Paul Giovacchini | Home System: orac@prowlr.chi.il.us | CCH Access, Access Operations | Work System: On the IBM3090? I WISH! =============================