| From: | Elizabeth Green |
| Date: | 16 May 2001 at 20:30:42 |
| Subject: | Re: Accellerator Problems |
Hello Ray
On 16-May-01, you wrote:
> I had an identical Apollo 1230/40 Turbo board a while ago and it
> developed EXACTLY the same problems as yours after a few years use.
Glad I'm not the only one - sorry tho.
> Sorry to say that I had to condemn the board to the bin and buy a
> replacement, however before you do have you done/tried the following:-
> A assume it's in an A1200?
Yes.
>
> 1) Remove Turbo board from mobo and clean the mobo's edge connector
> strip with surgical spirit using cotton wool buds.
Yes.
> 2) Clean as above the edge connector on the 16meg SIMM
No. Will try this.
> 3) When installing the Turbo board, carfully push it all the way home and
> then gently ease it off about 1mm.
No. Will try this too.
>
> Please ensure that before you dismantle your miggy that you "earth
> yourself" by touching say the kitchen taps in order to discharge any
> static electricity in your body. Also remember not to touch with your
> hands any of the chips on either the mobo, turbo board or SIMM.
> Static electricity can damage chips ;)
Standard procedure. I can't afford to replace unnecessarily.
> 4) As your miggy boots without adding the SIMM, have you tried
> another SIMM
I have another simm on another board. But feel a little worried about doing
this, as that board very stable, and I'd like it to stay that way.
> 5) Test the board on another mobo.
This board has been tried on my entire range of 1200s (4 or 5), from 1D1s to
2Bs, without much success.
Regards
Liz
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