#GVP040/A3000 lockups
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I have the commercial release of Disksalve, and it absolutly crashes this 3000T
of mine BIG TIME! I believe I can scan floppys, but not the Hard Drive. This
problem goes away with the accelerator removed.
That is the only real problem I have that points at the accelerator.
-Peter
Motorollin' with G-Force 68040 on AutoPilot
Peter,
frequently, when my accelerator crashes, it is due to loose chips, so try
reseating the chips, firmly. Do make sure you ground yourself by touching a
metallic case before touching the chips. The next thing that gets me here,
since I've had mine for a while, is dirty contacts. If you take a pencil
eraser, that hasn't been used before (!), and run it over the edge connectors
that connect it to the machine, you may clean off any oxides that have built
up. Be sure to clean them off afterwards with some alcohol, and to let the
alcohol dry before you power up, unless you like alcohol fires.
Lastly, it ain't always the hardware. Sometimes some recent software you
have added to your startup-sequence, user-startup, or WBStartup drawer, has
screwed things up. Usually by interacting with another program. So look for
those as well.
DiskSalve is one of the most reliable programs I've ever seen. However,
it can be, ummm…, "annoyed" by certain other utilities running at the same
time, such as diskcache and other utility programs.
Brian
Been there…. Done that…. Better.
I have disksalve and it crashes my 030 2000 and my stock 1200. I can scan and
repair the drives just can't exit out without a very hard crash. Mayby it's 3.0
related.
re: Disksalve
>>Maybe it's 3.0 related.
I don't believe so. I have DiskSalv2 running on a A1230/50/50/8 w/VMM.
It's the shareware v2, so if you have an older version you might want to check
this.
– Phillip, on AutoPilot 1.80 _____T_____
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