🚀 go-pugleaf

Background:
My first A5000 mother board came with a dud serial port. This was replaced with
another board (with other faults) and then  replaced with a 3rd board. The serial
port was working (to A310) but after 10 weeks without using serial port it fails
to work. It has been tested with scope/multi-meter an in completely inactive.
My machine is currently having a FOURTH motherboard fitted (Norwhich computer
services were not very happy to recieve my machine again.)

I don't feel particularily confident that this one is going to last long either.
(I have NOT been connecting it to dodegy equipment likely to cause damage.)

Is this a possible design fault? 

I'd be interested to hear how many A5000's have faulty serial ports 
but probably hardly anyone uses them so they wouldn't notice.)

If this board go's wrong, it will be too late to get it fixed under warranty,
so I'll have to fix it myself or use a prototype podule card and make my own.

-- 
George