Re: A Bad Apple

[Wayne Stewart <waynes@intergate.ca>]

noone@nowhere.net wrote:
> 
> Whenever I get that, it means the CPU (accelerator) is not 'moving'.
> Drop a normal CPU in the unit and see if it fires up.  If it works with
> the normal CPU, reinstall the accelerator and troubleshoot that.  (look
> for bad pins on the accelerator cable.)
> 
> A hardware guru at Kfest says it is frequently the CPU socket on the
> main board that fails because the accelerator flattens the springs
> inside the socket and they can no longer make adequate contact with the
> pins inserted into the CPU socket.  IOW, reseat the accelerator cable in
> the CPU socket, clean the pins, etc...

Good idea but after pulling the rest of the cards I tried a regular 
65816 with no luck. Some time ago I replaced the socket with a machine 
contact socket. Back then I had doubts about a regular socket making 
solid contact with the cable. That seemed to be the case since using a 
machined contact socket seemed to allow me to run the accelerator a bit 
faster.

	Wayne