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22 September 2002, 23:09
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: portsmouth/uk
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Lazarus Machine
Some months ago I bought a Blizzard 1230 IV 50 Mhz with 30 Mb and installed it in my A1200. It worked perfectly - I was a happy little bunny! I had it working for about 10 hrs transferring files from my PC when all of a sudden I smelt something horribly like burning plastic, before I could do anything the screen went black and the machine went off. Bugger!
I sniffed the A1200 and the PSU to try and locate the source of the smell but I couldn't be sure which one it was. The next morning I swapped PSUs and tried again - nothing. Totally gutted by this I chucked the whole lot under the stairs, uninstalled Amiga Explorer and tried my best to forget about Amigas. Yesterday (after being prompted by my wife to clear some space) I was going to take the lot to the dump. I thought I'd give it one last go - Lo! and Behold! it bloody well worked  .The accelerator was working and all the memory showed up - I had a quick game of SuperFrog and then turned it off for fear that it might die again. Now I don't know what to do - I'm worried that I might kill it off altogether. Anyone got any thoughts about it? |
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22 September 2002, 23:12
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Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Germany
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Your A1200 still in the Desktop Case ?? If so, get the accelerator some cooling (e.g. leave the trapdoor open) or get a little fan for the CPU (normally not necessary)
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23 September 2002, 22:34
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Join Date: May 2002
Location: England
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It also may be that something like hair from the carpet or so, got to the PSU or the Amiga and fried...
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24 September 2002, 05:34
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Cooling definitely. I wouldn't DARE to use an Amiga (even less an accelerated one!) for 10 hours STRAIGHT without cooling.
Get yourself a nice fan 
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24 September 2002, 10:35
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So that's the reason you weren't around for months
 I've got the same accelerator here, newer used it for 10 hours but if I would, I'd at least keep the accelerator's trap door open and keep the machine a few cms above the table just to let the air to circulate. |
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24 September 2002, 20:33
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Dazed and Confused
Join Date: Dec 2001
Location: portsmouth/uk
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Thanks Guys. I guess I just gotta cool it!
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24 September 2002, 20:45
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