Re: Just got ZipGSX - issues - help!

[Blake Patterson <blake@blakespot.com>]

In article <9145d263.0208031922.5ade747@posting.google.com>,
 warnken@arena.cwnet.com (Sandra Warnken) wrote:

> What I suspect is you are over-heating with all those power draining
> cards and the zipgsx is getting flaky from the heat.  Try using your
> machine with the top off the cpu and see if works better.  I also
> reported some time ago that my new Focus card didn't like slot 7. I
> tried it in two other cpus both ROM3 and ROM1 and slot 7 did not
> work any better.  I exchanged the Focus for a different one and had
> the same problem.  It works fine in slot 6.  I have an Apple High Speed
> SCSI card running in slot 7 now with Focus in 6 and a Transwarp running
> at 12.5mhz, Grappler+ in 1 and Quickie in 2.  I use a Buggie power
> supply for a little more available juice and to keep the interior
> running cooler with a Kensington System saver.  I still run into
> problems with the accelerators getting too hot when the temperature
> runs in the triple digits.
> 
> Sandy

I have not yet put the top back on -- this is all with the top off.  
And I do have a System Saver IIgs, for when I do put on the top.  So 
it's not the heat.

What do you do about booting 5.25" floppies with Focus in slot 6?  What 
if you want to write out 5.25" disks from a GS/OS-based app (GS/OS 
presumably being on your Focus)?

Thanks.


bp