On Fri, 30 Mar 2001 at 13:59:25, Timothy Swenson
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>I've been having some problems with my Q40 starting up. I thought it was bad
>memory, but I think that is a separate issue. Essentually here is what is
>happening, when I start the Q40 up, the lights come on, the drive spins up, the
>monitor gets a signal (green light) and then nothing. The typical QL screen
>does not come up nor does my BOOT program start.
>
>The only resolution for the problem is to pull the memory out and reseat it.
>
>Personally, I think it's a static electricity issue. The PC case is sitting on
>the carpet under the desk. I've had the problem happen by just hitting the
>reset button (system working, hit the reset button, then it won't boot).
>
>The power plug is three prong (grounded). Is there a better way to ground the
>case so that it does not zap the Q40?
It is more likely to be a badly seated I/O card.
On some I/O cards, I elongated the I/O card metal plate board to bracket
screw hole so that the screw fixing allowed the card to sit lower in the
ISA slot.
TT does not do a splash screen, so there is no way of telling SMSQ
starts other than a small blip sometimes near the bottom but only if the
previous state was blank screen (ie memory has lost its contents. Often
at boot you can recognise the previous screen if one powers up again
quickly.
Bad ram would not allow SMSQ to start, and one would get some screen
display, often white/black bars.
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