From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!seismo!uwvax!reid
Newsgroups: net.micro.atari
Title: Re: CRASH!
Article-I.D.: uwvax.743
Posted: Thu Feb  3 12:35:54 1983
Received: Fri Feb  4 07:06:53 1983
References: utzoo.2788


My 800 crashes, too.  The same symptoms, usually right after power-up.  The
screen will flicker in a very uniform way (within each pixel, the same pattern
is visible when it flickers).  Everything locks up, no keyboard handler, no
nothing.  I believe it has something to do with corrosion on the contacts 
between the Operating System and its corresponding slot, or possible with the
CPU board and its contacts.  I have spent a lot of time cleaning the contacts,
but it doesn't seem to make a huge difference.  After the unit has been on for
quite a while, I guess when I turn it off, it must oxidize much faster, since
invariably I have a problem when I turn it on again after letting it sit for
a while.  I can usually remedy the problem by cleaning off the Operating
System contacts.  Is there any way to keep this oxidization from occurring????

Glenn Reid