Re: transwarp weirdness

[Liam Busey <buseyl@my-deja.com>]

Ben Zotto wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> I have a IIGS setup with a Transwarp GS (rom 1.5, stock cache)
> plugged into slot 3.  I get mostly great, troublefree performance
> from the system, but every few days, the system will go funky on
> me, producing the following types of symptoms:
> 
> - hanging while booting system 6.0.1
> - crashing to the monitor during booting
> - displaying unnecessary screens about appleshare fsts, drivers etc
>         during bootup.
> - ...and then crashing to the monitor.
> 
> These things all happen arbitrarily and with no rhyme or reason.
> Then, after some futzing and sweettalking, the iigs will be completely
> normal again.   This is NOT caused by RAM, the SCSI card or hard drive,
> the power supply (i've tried 3), any particular disk (although prodos 8
> software always seems fine; it's gs/os or p16 stuff that gets weird),
> heating/uptime effects, or system speed.  It's totally random, and
> eventually it just starts working fine again with no harm done.
> 
> The system self test passes,the TWGS selftests pass, and Claris' memory
> exerciser passes.  (Occasionally during a funk, the system diagnostic will
> fail on something random, like the 1/4s interrupt (?) or something).
> 
> I figure this must be caused by the Transwarp somehow (symptoms did not
> occur before I installed it), but it's entirely non-consistent.
> 
> Anyone have any hints or thoughts before I try to find/swap in a different
> motherboard? (About the only variable I haven't switched yet)....

Hi Ben. It's sounds like your setup might be a bit of a strain on a
stock IIgs power supply. The TWGS is real power sucker so it could push
an otherwise stable system over the line. What cards do you have in your
IIgs?

Liam Busey