Dead PC

From: Matt Wilda <mtwilda_at_unity.ncsu.edu>
Date: Fri Aug 17 13:09:21 2001

Well, I've been busy for the past few days, but today I finally had time to sit down and mess with it. It turns out the problem was that Six Pak card. I pulled it out and reseated it and now it works just fine.

> Oh Wow, I didn't recognize your name until you said that! Sorry to hear
> your having trouble with it. Remind me what cards are in it? I get the
> PC and XT's I owned all mixed up.
>
> I think I had an AST Six Pak Plus in it, if it's still installed, make
> sure all the memory in that card is still seated too.
>
> I remember having a hard time bringing the computer up one time. I
> think all I did was push down on the memory chips to get it reliable
> again. Since this much time has passed, it might be a good idea to pull
> the socketed ram chips and clean them. I have heard of some Apple //
> guys using some sort of cleaner on chips.... I think it was something
> like TarnX, or something found at the grocery store. Maybe Tony could
> recommend something, too.
>
> Chad Fernandez
> Michigan, USA
>
>
> Matt Wilda wrote:
> > > I sold the PC on Ebay after I was tired of it.
> >
> > Yeah, I'm the guy that bought it :-) This is your old PC. BTW, a friend of mine was able to get me another monitor for it.
> >
> > I'll try messing with it a little more this afternoon. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.
>
Received on Fri Aug 17 2001 - 13:09:21 BST