[Coco] Starting up memory problems and solution.
    Jim Cox 
    jimcox at miba51.com
       
    Sat Apr 15 02:40:10 EDT 2006
    
    
  
After setting up my CoCo-3 and briefly testing it last 
weekend, I decided to move the tabe to a better location.
After the move, I briefly powered it up and then decided 
to try a different monitor.  It was a used monitor that I 
hadn't tried before, and it didn't come up right away and 
when it did the entire screen was green without any text.
I determined it was the RAM problem.  I reseated my Disto 
board multiple times, but only had marginal success and 
even then the screen would go blank after a minute or so. 
 I swapped out the board for a new C-9 512 board and after 
a few adjustments, I got it seated correctly and it worked 
fine.  I
I am running the memory tests now and it's working fine 
now.
I am going to reseat all the RAM on the Disto board and 
clean it's contacts and try it on another CoCo 3. 
 Hopefully it's just needs a little attention.
I just wanted to check and see if anyone else has seen 
this issue with the screen being blank due to a memory 
issue.
-Jim
    
    
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