Hi all,
I recently pulled out the A4000 from the cupboard booted it up and was pleased to see it booted up okay.
However, I have found that after consistent usage it will constantly freeze up. No gurus etc. There is no consistency to the freezing, it can strike any time. The machine has been stripped to the basics (no expansion cards etc). I have tried different ram sticks etc
I have an Apollo 4040 in it - but alas I no longer have the original Commodore board. The Apollo does appear to get very very hot after these crashes.
One thing I did notice when stripping down the A4000 is that it did not have the plastic insulator. Could this be causing it to freeze up constantly??
Be very careful messing too much. In truth it could be a very simple thing. With my 4000 all it was was one of the SIM cards not seated properly. Think about how you stored and whether she was left on her side for a while. Likely something is just not seated properly. Gentle steps to start with, I doubt it will be anything that serious, if she was working fine before.
Try leaving the computer running for a while. Also when you say frozen, has the machine frozen, or is just the mouse not working. Dunno. Have you tried running without the hard drive and just using the floppy... tricky cus you probably need the Apollo libraries.
Good luck
