Re: Transwarp Card problems

[Gregory Weston <uce@splook.com>]

In article <1147832494.631585.163030@j55g2000cwa.googlegroups.com>,
 grent@comcast.net wrote:

> KPR wrote:
> > A friend of mine has a IIe with a transwarp card and is having problems
> > with it.. he says that whenever the card gets hot it reboots the
> > system..
> >
> > Sorry if the details are vague, but its the best I could get out of him
> > in the 30 seconds I got to speak to him this morning.. more details to
> > follow, but does this ring any bells or anyone got any suggestions to
> > fix/diagnose this problem?
> >
> > KPR
> 
> Had a problem that is kind of what you have. The IIgs was crashing more
> and more until it barely booted up. Replacing the ribbon cable soved
> the problem. The cables were a know problem with Transwarps. There
> ribbon cable is quite different than a Zip's.

Good historical note, but the TransWarp in a //e didn't have any ribbon 
cable.

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