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- From: cikp14@vaxa.strath.ac.uk
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: 4000 problems! PLEASE READ
- Message-ID: <1992Nov20.125533.1@vaxa.strath.ac.uk>
- Date: 20 Nov 92 12:55:33 GMT
- References: <1992Nov16.142003.12937@zds-oem.zds.com> <1992Nov19.071452.7908@src4src.linet.org>
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- Organization: Strathclyde University VAX Cluster
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- In article <1992Nov19.071452.7908@src4src.linet.org>, frostbit@src4src.linet.org (Rajesh Goel) writes:
- > In article <1992Nov16.142003.12937@zds-oem.zds.com> benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com (Ad
- > am Benjamin) writes:
- >>
- >>Ok, My 4000 has died (again!) this time 2 days after being returned
- >>from CBM Express.
- >>First off I want to know how many of you 4000 owners have had flawless
- >>performace? Does the 4000 suffer from being rushed? or do I just have
- >>a lemon?
- >>
- >>Secondly I was wondering about a few abnormalities that may be symptoms
- >>of whatever the heck is wrong with my system.
- >>I noticed that file-requesters were never updated correctly. If I saved
- >>a file and then went to load another file from the same program and same
- >>volume the file I had just saved would NOT appear in the requester unless
- >>I re-entered the volume name and forced it to look up the directory again.
- >>?? Has anyone else noticed this?
- >>Also when I hit CTRL-A-A to reboot the hard drive parks and spins-down
- >>then back up again. (seems kinda weird)!
- >>
- >>Right now my system dies 0-3 minutes after bootup. It still responds to
- >>CTRL-A-A but within the above time it again dies. (most of the time it
- >>freezes, somtimes it guru's with Processor Exceptions (8000 000X)
- >>
- >>For 3 grand I expect a little better ya know?
- >>
- >>Adam Benjamin
- >>Benjamin@zds-oem.zds.com or A.Benjamin@mi04.zds.com
- >>
- >>Thanks! PLEASE REPLY if you own a 4000. This is kind-of an informal
- >>survey.
- >
- >
- > You got a lemon because the only problem I have with my 4000 is the floppy
- > drive - it craps out on HD disks - Amiga or IBM format.
- >
- > Otherwise, the machine is flawless...
- >
- > ------------------------------------------------------> frostbit@src4src.linet.org
- > A4000 -- Workstation performance that's AFFORDABLE
- > ------------------- mine too, the drive
- craps in on HD disks, must be a fault with the drive or something. An engineer
- is coming out today to look at it under my on site maintance.
-
- Simon
-