reset botton problems

Article View: comp.sys.atari.st

Article #40118

#40118

From: Richard Piner
Date: Mon, 08 Jan 1990 22:34

19 lines
1401 bytes

Howdy folks. I have a small problem and I was wondering if anyone
knows of a fix. I got a used 1040st for my nephews this christmas.
The machine runs fine. But, it locks up when the reset button is
pushed. The screen goes blank, the disk drive does not come on,
and the power supply makes a high pitched hum. Cycling power
gets the machine restarted. In normal use, this situation would
almost never come up. But, my nephews would like to switch back
and forth between OS9 and TOS. Does anyone know what the problem
might be. Anyone fixed it?

While I'm here, I have a helpful hardware hint of my own. When
I was looking in the machine, I noticed that the screws holding
down the power supply were loose. They were striped out. Who
ever had been there before me had turned them a bit too hard.
The ST sure wasn't made to be worked on. Anyway, I got a 5-40
tap and tapped the holes down to the bottom. A couple of 5-40
screws about a half inch long worked well. Now a least the power
supply is secure.
					R. Piner

Technical Details

Message-ID: <2979@pur-phy>

Path:

arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!pur-phy!piner

Show Full Headers

Complete Article Headers

Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!purdue!mentor.cc.purdue.edu!pur-ee!pur-phy!piner
From: piner@pur-phy (Richard Piner)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: reset botton problems
Message-ID: <2979@pur-phy>
Date: 8 Jan 90 22:34:47 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: Purdue Univ. Phys Dept, W.Lafayette, IN
Lines: 19