| Title: | Atari ST, TT, & Falcon |
| Notice: | Please read note 1.0 and its replies before posting! |
| Moderator: | FUNYET::ANDERSON |
| Created: | Mon Apr 04 1988 |
| Last Modified: | Tue May 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1433 |
| Total number of notes: | 10312 |
Does anyonw know of any, or has anyone had direct experience with,
an Authorized Atari repair center in the Eastern Mass./Southern NH
area? Any thoughts on what would be a reasonable rate to pay for
such services?? Thanks.
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| 715.1 | PRNSYS::LOMICKAJ | Jeffrey A. Lomicka | Fri Dec 22 1989 16:16 | 3 | |
R.F. Microtech, in Billerica. (508) 667-8900. What's the problem? | |||||
| 715.2 | Thank you! | NETMAN::HOLZWASSER | Wed Dec 27 1989 09:41 | 21 | |
Check note 655. As you can see from the few notes entries I have made
over the past couple of months, I'm rather torn between fixing the
monitor problem and upgrading my present 1040 with expanded memory, or
simply trading it up to a later model. (My only concern about trading,
though, is to ensure that all my software ports over - I'd hate to have
to repurchase a new set of software applications.)
By the way, thank you for your reply. I checked with RF Microtech, and
according to them, it sounds like a problem with the CPU. How it
developed a problem, though, is beyond me, as it's received the utmost
care - never having been moved, jostled about, or been worked in
anything less than a clean environment. (As you can see, I'm ruling out
the possibility of chips that require reseating - a problem I've
noticed that other people have had.) Therefore, the only other
possibility I'm faced with is that one of the chips has gone bad
(although I believe this is a very UNlikely circumstance.)
I'm quite baffled by this problem, and it is very annoying to see it
occur while I'm trying to do real work on the screen. Any thoughts you
may have on the subject would be greatly appreciated. Again, thanks,
for your referral to RF Microtech. /Evan
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| 715.3 | try online computer | KILLIE::COLLITON | Tue Jan 02 1990 12:56 | 4 | |
I took my st to online computer in salem, n.h. for it repairs. It cost $150
the first time and several return trips before it was fix right. The problem
was a very intermit one. Still do not know what was wrong but it has
been working three months now.
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| 715.4 | GRAPHX::WEAVER | VISUAL::WEAVER Image Systems Group | Tue Jan 02 1990 19:23 | 5 | |
Just because a machine isn't moved around a lot doesn't mean the chips won't come unseated. You might want to open it up and try reseating first. Typing on the keyboard could generate enough vibrations to unseat the chips. -Dave | |||||
| 715.5 | Reseated chips and still no luck | NETMAN::HOLZWASSER | Tue Jan 09 1990 14:40 | 8 | |
I took your advice and opened up the ST's cabinet. I managed to gain
access to every IC, and the only one I noticed which one might have
thought needed reseating was located in the array of six or so chips
directly beneath the power supply board. I reseated that one in
particular (also checking all the others), and closed everything up.
Unfortunately, the problem still exists, and I'm inclined to think
there's a problem on the monitor's supply. Any thoughts?
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| 715.6 | GRAPHX::WEAVER | VISUAL::WEAVER Image Systems Group | Wed Jan 10 1990 17:28 | 4 | |
Did you actually push down on all the chips that were socketed (particularly the ones in the square holders)? -Dave | |||||
| 715.7 | Better way?? | NETMAN::HOLZWASSER | Thu Jan 11 1990 15:49 | 1 | |
Yes I did. Is there a better way to reseat chips?? | |||||
| 715.8 | GRAPHX::WEAVER | VISUAL::WEAVER Image Systems Group | Mon Jan 15 1990 21:24 | 4 | |
Just pushing down would usually do the trick. Sounds like that isn't the problem then. -Dave | |||||