Re: GS Woes

[julian814@hotmail.com (Ralph Glatt)]

"Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net> wrote in message news:<W76dnXvzmo61_uzcRVn-vw@comcast.com>...
> "Ralph Glatt" <julian814@hotmail.com> wrote in message ce9c44dd.0410160954.2b05a28@posting.google.com">news:ce9c44dd.0410160954.2b05a28@posting.google.com...
> : Okay, Bill's busy with a project, so I'm going to ask here. It all
> : started when I got a ZipGS for my GS. Plugged it in, turned it on,
> : wouldn't work. Talke to the guy who sold it to me, and suggested it
> : might be the DIP configuration. Went back, changed the DIPs - still
> : nothing. No power light, no friendly beep. I thought it might be the
> : power supply, which I replaced. Now I get a light, and some colorful
> : blurry lines across the screen, but no beep. Took out the card and
> : tried it again - same thing.
> 
> Sounds like your cable or one of the connectors 
> on it are not up to par. Try cleaning the pins 
> on the plug to the GS motherboard. 

Do you mean where the ZipGS plugs into the motherboard? 

> 
> : Why do I have the feeling I'm going to be looking 
> : for another GS?
> 
> Easy check there. Just restore the CPU 
> and see if it works then.  :o) 

I did, same thing happened. Horizontal lines, no beep.



Ralph Glatt