Re: Apple IIGS logic board dying???

[buggie@musca.unm.edu (stephen e buggie)]

Toaster King,

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ToasterKing (ToastBrain@prodigy.net) wrote:
: Help!!!  I hate to see such an elegant, revolutionary & dedicated machine
: die this way!!!

: I have a ROM 01 IIGS that I've had for 9 years this December 25th.  It
: looks like this year has been its last.  I have an AE GS-RAM III memory
: card, Apple II High Speed SCSI card in Slot 2, AE Transwarp GS
: accelerator in Slot 3, AE Sonic Blaster sound card in Slot 4, and Gibson
: Light Pen in Slot 7.  I also have a System Saver GS on it, and a 130-Watt
: power supply (power supply is definitely not the problem.  I built and
: checked this one myself.).

: I experience random crashes, weird errors that just shouldn't be
: happening, etc.  A text screen will switch to a low-res GR screen and
: freeze, it will hang sometimes when accessing the 3.5 drive, sometimes
: when playing a game it will freeze and I hear the horrible "bong bong,
: bong, bong bong bong bong bong..." of the system error beep, usually
: something going on in the Apple II monitor, and forget trying to run
: GS/OS.  Weird stuff.  It works better with the accelerator card out,
: though still far from perfect.  The problem just seems to be getting
: worse.  Once I got a "System Bad:  0B040000" message in the built-in
: logic diagnostics.  Could someone decode this for me?  I'd hate to have
: to use one of Nathan's FAQs.
: I have already had problems with the IWM chip, specifically in accessing
: 5.25 drives.  It will only recognize up to one 5.25 drive connected, will
: not read the disk at all with the write-protect notch covered, and reads
: and writes to 5.25 disks like a drunk maniac (Yes, I've tried using a
: different drive.).

: So, what does it sound like?  Irreparable IC damage?  And what could be
: the cause?  Heat damage?  I ran the GS for 6 to 7 years with no fan, with
: only the AE GS-RAM III memory card installed, though I didn't think this
: should be a problem.  What's your suggestion... new logic board???

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:                       -ToasterKing-
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