[iyonix-support] Re: Pyjamas still.

In message <692d9a254e.harriet@xxxxxxxxxx>
          Harriet Bazley <iyonix@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On 11 May 2006 as I do recall,
>           Ewen Pring wrote:
> 
> 
> [snip pyjamas]
> 
>> It happens maybe 2/3 of the time on power up of this machine, reset
>> button allows it to boot OK second time.
> 
> I've only seen 'pyjamas' once, but this machine is still failing to
> detect the video card on a not irregular basis, which simply results in
> a permanently blank screen and the necessity to reset and boot up all
> over again.   Maybe one time in six or ten.
> 
>> 
>> I can cope with that, but it is embarrassing for others to see my
>> showcase RISC OS computer apparently unable to start reliably.
> 
> Yes, it is embarrassing.
> 
> In the instructions I left for my father as to how to access the e-mail
> while I was away, I had to include 'what to do when it fails to start
> up', by which he was not terribly impressed;  and when I came back ten
> days later, I gathered that he had in fact been subject to this problem
> several times.   It's not much of an advertisement....
> 

I don't think 5.11 is the issue, as I have exactly the same problems, 
at roughly the same frequency, using 5.09, and I entirely share your 
frustration: this is a serious drawback to an otherwise excellent and 
reliable machine. Moreover, as this particular model (X100) has no 
(circuit-breaking) On-Off switch, it means switching off at the wall 
when doing a 'boot-from-cold' restart!

TBH, in the light of the above I can't see the point of the soft 
restart button: I'd much rather have a conventional, RPC-style, 
make-and-break switch on the front.

George

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