On Mon 09 Oct, jb wrote: > > Hi > > > [snip] > > > Just to let you know that when switching it on, today, the picture is stable > > and without the waving effect I got yesterday, which indicates this may be a > > thermal issue. Should I take the lack of response to indicate that noone has > > experienced something similar with their Iyonix? > > > > Just to let you know your machine will have been run for a min of 16 > hours, and possibly over a weekend, before final test and shipping. If > it had exhibited the effect you describe it would certainly have not > been shipped. > > The Aria case does have a low speed fan in the outer PCI card position > that exhausts air from the region of the video card heatsink. > > Please verify thet the fan is still blowing, and that nothing has > jammed it in transit. Be aware that the fan does not blow > fiercely/noisily: there should only be a relatively gentle draft from > it. If you spin down the hard drive that should enable you to hear the fan, you need to be in a low ambient noise environment! To spin down the drive, put the following lines into a 'BASIC' file and double click on it:-) SYS "ADFS_PowerControl",2,4,0 REM ,1,0,<time>*12 (0=immediate) REM time in minuets REM SYS "ADFS_PowerControl",2,drive%,0 REM HD= 4 or 5 You only need the top line really! Chris Evans -- CJE Micro's / 4D 'RISC OS Specialists' Telephone: 01903 523222 Fax: 01903 523679 chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.cjemicros.co.uk/ 78 Brighton Road, Worthing, West Sussex, BN11 2EN The most beautiful thing anyone can wear, is a smile! --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support