Amiga 3000 problem

From: Jacob Dahl Pind <rachael__at_gmx.net>
Date: Thu Sep 20 18:02:34 2001

on 19-Sep-01 10:41:29, Willi Kusche wrote:
>Hi!

>On 19-Sep-01, Ethan Dicks wrote:

>>I _think_ the Amiga 3000/16 had a 16Mhz 68881 and the A3000/25
>>had a 25Mhz 68882, but I could easily be mistaken.


> I'm composing this message on an Amiga 3000 that had its motherboard
>upgraded from 16 Mhz to 25 Mhz. Ever since the upgrade I occasionally get a
>video crash that makes the screen unreadable. But, the system keeps running
>OK. For example, if that video crash were to occur while I'm typing this
>message, I've learned that hitting right-Amiga and 'S' will save the message
>so I can finish the message after re-booting the A3000.

Sounds like the two PAL ic on the left side, under any zorro cards you may have
installed, they have a nasty habit of running hot, and makingen the screen
unreadable.

I changes mine and at the sametime removede the batteri for the RTC as it
was leaking.

Regards Jacob Dahl Pind

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