A4000 - help greatly appreciated

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Cyberus wrote:
It boots fine, although the PSU fan sure is noisy!

I still remember some phrases I've read in a polish magazine called Commodore&Amiga back in 1993:

"You can't miss that power supply - it's big and twice as noisy (Commodore's "domain") as PC ones."

"After turning on the power two diesel engines inside the power supply and hard drive inform us that there's certainly something going on."

"Two LEDs are placed on the front panel telling us that the computer is on (needless anyway - it can be heared at your neighbours')."

 :roflmao:  :roflmao:  :roflmao:

And hell - that's true! You can't sleep in the room where the mighty A4000 is intact ;-).

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Iggy_Drougge wrote:
LOL. =)
In fact, there are several makes of A4000 PSUs. My old one ran rather silent. It's a shame I forgot it in Japan.

Actually it's a matter of PSU fan, not the PSU itself (obviously). We tried to lower the RPM level and it worked... for some time. Some day later the PSU began to cut off power so we had to set it to original voltage. Pity...

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duesi wrote:
Ok about the PSU A4000 PSU's are rock solid..
mine lasts since 1994.

I don't know it's rock solid but they sure rock! Especially that power switch push rod - even today it's hi-tech design makes me laugh like this :roflmao:

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aardvark wrote:
One other thing, a number of the A4000s were made with a 3.0 kickstart, you'll want to make sure that you get a 3.1 kickstart.

Rather a BIG number... My A4000 is dated January 14th 1994 (almost end of production) and it has 3.0 Kick.