On Sun, 8 Feb 2004 at 13:24:05, wrote:
(ref: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>)
>Well,
>�
>I have followd the good advice and at least the hard disk is no longer
>making any noise (maybe its not moving at all).
>�
>However, the initial problem remains that the banner (The Miracle Winny
>) or something such like, only appears on screen every now and then and
>if it does appear, then Trump Card banners etc do not appear and the QL
>has crashed..
>�
>This happens even if the hard drive is disconnected, so not sure if it
>is because the ROM is corrupt, or because it cannot talk to the drive!
I reckon it is unlikely to be the drive.
Did you clean the tracks on the connector?
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