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Article #598Re: Blizzard turns renegade (thousands flee)
From: Angus Manwaring
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:00
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 1999 00:00
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On 29-Mar-99 03:02:16, Julian Cameron said
>>
>> I haven't heard of an accelerator causing corruption like that, but then
>> there's an awful lot of stuff I don't know. Does anyone have any ideas, or
>> suggestions we could try?
>Two thoughts come to mind. The first and more palatable one is; has he
>checked that it is slotted in snugly. Lots of odd things happened to
>a blizzard IV and an escom 1200 that I had which were eventually put
>down to the board not being seated tightly.
>The other idea which happened to me also before the above problem was
>that the board just didn't like the original seagate drive that came
>with the machine. This was only solved by fitting another hard drive.
>Wierdly the replacement was the same spec seagate type as the one that
>didn't work but this one did. Odd!
>just a couple of ideas.
Much appreciated too. I've heard back from the chap involved, and he says
that the problems have disappeared after replacing a dodgy IDE cable. So
perhaps this is related to the problem you had? Anyway, touch wood, he's
sorted now. Thanks again.
All the best,
Angus Manwaring. (for e-mail remove ANTISPEM)
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