[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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