Re: IIe Problems

[ddkilzer@iastate.edu (David D Kilzer)]

leed@sfsu.edu (DONALD CY LEE) writes:

Donald,

>	Well, I have had these problems in my IIe for quite awhile now, 
>but I never really thought of posting them on here.  The first is quite 
>uunusual, and I have never seen anyone write about it.  The problem is, 
>that every so often when I play a game that uses 128K and Double Hi-res 
>graphics, it will every so often will lock up and I can't play it.  The 
>problem is not the software, because sometimes some of the games are not 
>affected at all, but with the fact that I have a card in slot 4, usually 
>a Phasor sound card and when I take it out the software works without a 
>hitch, though Test Drive still freezes occasionally.  Anyone out there 
>with any suggestions?  I hate to keep plugging and unplugging my Phasor 
>card every time I want to play a certain game, but that's how it's been 
>for a while.

Sounds like your upper bank of memory (the upper 64K) might have a bad
RAM chip in it.  Do an:

  Open-Apple--Closed-Apple--Control--Reset

To start the self-test.  If anything shows up (and you don't understand
it), post it to the `Net.

>	The second thing is, my IIe CPU has this nasty habit of simply 
>just shutting off.  Everything else is fine, the monitor, printer, etc.  
>This habit comes in spurts, it hasn't happened in a while, but when it 
>does happen, it will happen 3-4 times in a day and the only remedy is to 
>lift the front of the CPU up and drop it back onto the table and the IIe 
>will turn on again.  

Sounds like a loose connection somewhere (like in the power supply's
connection to the logic board).  Ever opened your //e and tried to
reseat the power brick's connections?

Dave
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