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Name | Date | Lines |
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| 556.1 | ... | LEDS::ACCIARDI | | Fri Jun 19 1987 10:25 | 5 |
| Just a crazy idea, but my friend had a problem where none of his
system disks would validate. Not a single one. So he tried
Kickstarting with a fresh backup copy of KS 1.2. No more problems.
I've heard of this happening a few times, where Kickstart just wears
out or something.
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| 556.2 | similar observation | MTBLUE::PFISTER_ROB | | Fri Jun 19 1987 12:19 | 6 |
| I had a similar observation once where an application would only
work after I had powered down, kickstarted, workbench, and then that
program. It turned out that some calls were getting short integers
instead of the long ones it expected, and the power down zero'd
everything in the top 1/2 of the long integer, so it worked right
once. Perhaps KickStart has a similar flaw somewhere?
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| 556.3 | I'll give it a try | HYSTER::DEARBORN | Trouvez Mieux | Fri Jun 19 1987 13:28 | 9 |
| Powering down has had no difference. I'll try the new Kickstart
tonight...although I'm a little worried about putting my only/original
Kickstart disk in. I've been working off my one backup copy (like
a good boy).
I hope this takes care of it.
Randy
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| 556.4 | Update | HYSTER::DEARBORN | Trouvez Mieux | Mon Jun 22 1987 09:40 | 8 |
| I tried a new copy of Kickstart. No difference. I called the Memory
Location and they said it was probably the chip that controls the
drives...
Taking it in today.
Randy
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| 556.5 | Thanks for your prayers. | HYSTER::DEARBORN | Trouvez Mieux | Tue Jun 23 1987 13:22 | 9 |
| Well, here's the end of the story. The internal drive can write
but can't read. For some reason, the circuits are shot...so that
means replacement time.
Oh well, at least I will get one of those newer quieter drives.
(My Amiga is rather old.)
Randy
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| 556.6 | Ya Hoo! | HYSTER::DEARBORN | Trouvez Mieux | Tue Jun 30 1987 11:09 | 18 |
| The Memory Location comes thru! They replaced the internal drive.
Replacement cost, $145. I returned home to find that the external
drive still did not work properly. I took everything back. Sure
enough, the external drive is shot and had to be replaced too.
They gave me a new external drive for FREE! They couldn't understand
how both could go bad at once so they decided I needed a break.
So in the end, I wound up with two new Panasonic drives for the
replacement price of one.
Nice people. Maybe I should buy a Supra drive from them.
By the way, all service was performed overnight.
Everything is back on track now...
Randy
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