A5000 serial port

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3 total messages Started by George Taylor Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:52

#894

Author: George Taylor
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 11:52

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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

Re: A5000 serial port

#908

Author: burke
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 19:59

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In article <C0qozt.LFI@dcs.ed.ac.uk>, gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (George Taylor) writes:
> 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.

Warranties are irrelevant; if a product is faulty when supplied you have a
right (against the supplier) to have it replaced foc.

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Re: A5000 serial port

#912

Author: Gavin Flower
Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 23:20

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In article <C0qozt.LFI@dcs.ed.ac.uk> gst@dcs.ed.ac.uk (George Taylor) writes:
>
[...]
>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.

Surely, whenever a machine is fixed, at least the repair comes with
it's *own* warranty period?  So if you get it back on the last day of
the warranty period, and it fails a week later, you should be able
still get it fixed for free?

Gavin
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