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Re: APOLLO 1230-50 , 68030 Accelerator board issues.
« on: May 11, 2010, 07:34:29 AM »
to echo the point on the PSU - you NEED a more powerful PSU for this card.  I have an A1200 with a Microbiotics 68030/50 with (if memory serves, been quite a while since I used the computer - sad) 32mb RAM in it - I used to get all sorts of quirky (non-fatal) problems with it until I upgraded the power supply - then voila, rock and roll.

Before tearing apart your card, RAM, etc. etc. - get a higher power PSU and test first.  It likely won't be cheap these days - but it is certainly the simplest solution and likely the optimal one.....

a stopgap (NOT permanent!) solution may be using an A500 power supply - I believe those had slightly more power than the A1200 ones, even though they otherwise look fairly identical.

good luck!

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