Re: IIGS partial success

[Krishna Sadasivam <kms007@gmail.com>]

Thanks, Mike (and everyone else!) :)

I'll try running the IIGS with the top removed. I'll also clean out
the fan on the System Saver IIGS.
The MicroDrive comes with some RAM diagnostics. I'll run those as well
to see if the RAM checks out okay.
Testing will have to wait until this weekend, when some free time
comes my way.

FWIW, my 3.5" drive is on its last legs. The eject button no longer
works (any easy way to fix it?). I have a few
spares at my folks' place which I'll have to dig up when I next visit
them.

Finally, I'll have some photos to post on my blog to show the new
battery replacement kit I ordered from ReactiveMicro.

-Krishna



On Aug 18, 10:38 pm, Polymorph <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Aug 19, 11:01 am, Krishna  Sadasivam <kms...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Here's a brief update of my re-entry into IIGS land. It's been a bumpy
> > ride so far, but here goes:
>
> > 1) Error $0308 pops up (swapping RAM cards - a 4MB GS Sauce card with
> > a 3MB GS-RAM card yields the same error). It could very well be
> > possible that both cards have bad RAM. (or maybe, there's a bug with
> > the SecondSight card?) Intermittent lock-ups and the "Ding!" sound
> > (indicative of a RAM crash) are what I experienced. I hate to have to
> > buy a new IIGS RAM card, but it's probably looking that way.
>
> > 2) Swapping the RamFAST card with the Apple SCSI card (finally!)
> > allowed me to access the contents of my 80MB hard drive. I've
> > trepiditiously been copying over files (between a staggering number of
> > reboots).
>
> > 3) the battery kit I ordered from ReactiveMicro did the trick as a
> > replacement for the dead NightOwl battery (last replaced in 1990!).
> > Very easy to install and I now have a functioning Control Panel
> > (Woot!) that keeps the correct time, date, and slot settings. :)
>
> > -Krishna
>
> Congrats on getting the hard drive and battery issues sorted out. As
> for error $0308, I just did a quick search through Google Groups and
> it appears that this error is a "Damaged Heartbeat Queue". The
> suggested causes I read varied between:
>
> a) Bad RAM
> b) Overheating
> c) A software problem (i.e. a piece of software writing to an area of
> memory it shouldn't)
>
> I would therefore suggest (if you haven't already), try booting GS/OS
> from a bare-bones floppy and see if the problem persists (i.e. rule
> out any software problems). If the problem persists, try cooling the
> system down by running with the top off the case. If the problem still
> persists, consult your nearest RAM diagnostic.  :-)
>
> Good luck, and let us know how you get on.
>
> Cheers,
> Mike