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Micah drive (sml pblm)

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From: phil
Date: Mon, 23 Jun 1986 22:32
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hello, I just had a AT-20 installed by Micah in my mac and think it is
great.   

I am having a small problem with it though, thought I would throw it out
on the net to see what other think of it.

I have a full Mac+, with external 800k drive.  When the external drive is
connected, 99% of the time it will not boot anything, you get the startup
'bong', then a small click, no memtest screen, then 'bong', click every 1-2
seconds.

If I take the external floppy off, then 95% of the time it will bong, do
memtest come up ok, but sometimes, will hang in memtest or more likely
rebot (Bong/click) during memtest.  Only once has it done this after the
desktop is on the screen.

Think it is power????  or the marginal power supply in the MAC???  What are the
solutions???   I have told Micah about it.  Yes, I drove up to Micah and
had them install the disk, so it is ok.  Yes, the external disk works fine on
another mac...

Phil Hunt
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From: phil@sivax.UUCP
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Subject: Micah drive (sml pblm)
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Date: Mon, 23-Jun-86 18:32:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jun 23 18:32:17 1986
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Organization: System Industries, Milpitas, Ca
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