Re: System Bad 05012A00

[Joe Kohn <joko@GotSpam?crl.com>]

ladyphoenixxii@my-deja.com wrote:

: I notice the problem oline.  Scrolling and typing glitchy.  Downloads are
: interrupted with checksum error messages.

Are you using Spectrum v2.2? If so, a bug that causes checksum errors has 
recently come to light, and Ewen Wannop will be issuing an update to v2.3 
at some point in the near future.

:  I went back to turn on the TW and it was on.  Redid the self test and got
: bad system 0501900. Running the continuous self test overnight showed
: everything ok there.

That's an oddity. I've always understood that the continuous self test 
would pick up problems that the quick self-test didn't. I don't know 
though, as I've never had any problems with my TransWarpGS.

Assuming that the continuous test is right and that there's nothing wrong 
with the TWGS, my guess would be the connector cable. AE did ship out 
some flaky ones.

If you have an account on Delphi, there's currently a "group buy" going on
for replacement TWGS (and ZipGS) cables with gold pins. With lots of people
ordering at the same time, the cost should be about $15 each. I don't have
the details, so check A2 on Delphi. 

: Actually I think I have all the extra GSes.  Last time we compared notes I
: had more machies than he did. 

Lucky you ;-) 

So, if it turns out that it's the GS that has the problem rather than the 
TWGS, I think you have your solution already (probably in your garage).

Joe Kohn
http://www.crl.com/~joko