A3000 vs a4000 reliability

[dandelion]

Hi all,

I owned an a4000 with an 040 board (fixed to 3.2 standard). I found the reliability of this machine rather poor, to the point where I couldn't really trust it for everyday use. For example, it would randomly crash, sometimes not want to boot, and saw Software Failures far too often (far more than my old a1200). I also found the hardware just felt very cheap (worse than the 1200 strangely). Have other people found this with their 4000 machines or was it peculiar to my (ex) dodgy machine?

Also, how does the a3000 compare? Does it have a better reputation for reliability and quality of the hardware?

Thanks,

Dandelion

[dandelion]

I think part of the problem might have been its Buster 9. Oh, and it was surface mounted .

I've sold it now and am left with my caseless a1200. Money trouble has meant i've sold my RAM expansion and four way IDE but when things get a bit more settled i'll stick a Blizzard 030 in it and maybe get SCSI through the blizzard or just use the IDE interface. I've always strongly desired the big box machines, my childhood spent drooling over them (i had a picture of the A4000 on my wall. Framed). Just a little put off after my first a4000 experience. I know the a3000 was a much less...rushed machine, and I was wondering if this had a bearing in terms of reliability and quality. At least the ICs aren't surface mounted!