TRANSWARP-GS: White monitor screen at power-up.

[sebugg@presby.edu (Stephen Buggie)]

             TRANSWARP-GS: DOES NOT WORK!              October 14, 1994
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             WHITE SCREEN AT POWER-UP --- NO FUNCTIONS ACTIVE
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I bought a Transwarp-GS used on the net, but it appears not to work.

I carefully read the manual and followed all instructions.  I removed the
CPU and installed the jumper in the CPU socket, and all pins inserted
smoothly.  I instralled Transwarp in Slot #4.

RESULT: totally white screen at power-up, and it would not boot. No disks
would load.   The LED on top of the card glowed, indicating "Transwarp
speed."

I removed the other cards; still no change.  Installed it in the other
recommended slot: slot #3: still a white screen.

Luckily, it appears that my motherboard is o.k.  I removed Transwarp-GS
and reinstalled my standard CPU, and its o.k. again.  Passes the self-test.
I really feared that the board would drag my motherboard or other cards
with it.

I am experienced at installing cards, and followed all the rules: discharge
any static first by touching the power supply; all power off when 
inserting or
removing cards, etc.   I have installed two 8MHz Zip chips in IIe and IIc so
I am experienced at handling chips.

What could be the fault?   Here is my configuration:

Slot 1:  parallel printer card
Slot 2:  AE Datalink 2400 baud modem
Slot 4: Sonic Blaster GS
Slot 7: Apple SCSI Card Rev. C (for hard drive)
Memory slot: RAM 4000 memory card with 4 megs.

Please advise...........
Stephen Buggie      sebugg@presby.edu



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