[sdiy] perplexing polysix problem

[Bob Weigel]

Well..some of my horror jobs are documented on sounddoctorin.com in the 
global synth pages.  I figured they might be instructive instances.  
Several on the Siel DK600 where I solved some strange problems.  But 
some of the all time wierdo ones incluce

* an old 486 Packard Bell I tried to install a second HD in.  I got it 
up working and returned it to the user who said it...ran..very .....very 
very..slowwwwwwww...  I brought it back in pulled the cover and it all 
looked ok in there so I fired it up and..hmm..ran fine.  Gave it back to 
him...same story.  He brings it in and shows me.  Huh..sure enough.  I 
take the cover off...it's fine.  Are we getting the picture?  I checked 
to make sure..everything was grounded ok...uhuh...

Answer to problem?  It proved to be a CPU...which...actually ran like 
and 8088 when the cover was on.  I never researched why this was.  It 
stands as one of the strangest unimaginable repairs I've ever done I 
believe.  Put in a new CPU and it allows itself to be shielded slightly 
better.   So..wahtaatttt?  Was the environment providing necessary 
noise?  Hehe.  Absolutely bizarre. 

Anyway yeah I could fill a book probably with stuff like that if I went 
back through history.  After you've repaired thousands of things though 
where many of them are quite frustrating it all starts to fade together 
a bit. -bob

Veronica Merryfield wrote:

>> Gee..I haven't seen one to add the the Weigel museum of spook 
>> electronic phenomena for a little while.
>
> Do you have a catalogue and opening hours? Sounds like a fun place to 
> explore :)
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