Re: Zip GS question

[nobody@wavetech.net (Greg Buchner)]

In article <19990525001907.11225.00006378@ng-fp1.aol.com>,
supertimer@aol.com (Supertimer) wrote:

> Geraldine.A.Wright.1@gsfc.nasa.gov (Geraldine Wright) wrote:
> 
> >Is the Zip GS a power hog? I recently installed one, and my gs now is 
> >balky about booting. I have ordered a Buggie power supply, but would be 
> >interested in hearing of other possible explanations for the annoying 
> >behavior.
> 
> The Zip GS is not a power hog.  It sips power.  The TWGS is more
> of a power hog (it is the card I have) but even it is not too bad if you
> have cooling for your system.  Certainly nothing compared to how
> a typical Pentium or compatible hogs power.
> 
> Possible causes for problems:  the CPU is the main suspect.

Well, with Supertimer bring up CPU problems, this reminds me of a problem
I had with my ZipGS when I first got it...

My system crashed a lot, and no matter what I did software wise or
removing cards (other than the ZipGS) did anything to change that.

Finally, on the advice of Harold H. on Genie at the time, I took out
the cache chips to check out the connections to see if they were clean.
They were.  But, I also pulled to processor and noticed that despite
the socket, one of the pins was bent so that it almost contacted the
one next to it.  There also looked to be a few black spots from electrical
arcing (don't know if that was it, but...).  So, I straightened out
that pin, put the processor back in and since then, have had about 90%
less crashes on average.  It should be noted that I already had an AE
heavy duty power supply.

Greg B.
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