Re: Apple IIgs' Failure at Random

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"Bryan Parkoff" <bryanparkoff@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:40f01528$0$82988$39cecf19@news.twtelecom.net...
:     Apple IIgs begins to fail at random time.  I tried to boot
ProDOS from
: hard drive at slot 7, from 3.5" & 5.25" drive at slot 5 and
slot 6.  It
: halts before asterisk prompt appears to be unknown.  If I am
running any
: applications like AppleWorks Word Processor.  Asterisk prompt
will appear
: any time while I am working.  I have to reboot that I can lose
data.
:     Do you have idea that it may be due to heat problem?  I
tried three
: different Apple IIgs' motherboard, but the result is the same.
I did run
: diagnostic test that it shows "System Good".
:     Can't you imagine that motherboard is getting very old that
the
: reliablity can be very less and less?  Please advise if there
are some ways
: to resolve.

Sounds more like a power drop than anything else.
Have you tried a different power supply?

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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