Ok, Here is the one that I've been afraid to ask about...
Bought a 1998 Haas VF-OE a few months ago. Been working on little maintenance odds and ends while I tool it up. Previous owner said works just fine as long as you turn it on, then back off then on again. He was absolutely right. ...about that last part of his description anyway. Screen kinda makes a nintendo-ish 2 flashing blocks looking error at first attempt. Second attempt is always reliable.
I do not have any plans to tear the machine (further) apart until it has paid for not only itself, but the solution to the problem. Or worse, if it pre-maturely becomes a further problem.
Having quickly learned that haas doesn't consider anything less than an upper-level assembly "a component" I'm not even going to bother with them. My thinking on this is that it must be a capacitor on the processor board. Or ???
Has anyone on here faced this problem and successfully identified and/or fixed it themselves?
See attached screen shot for how boot looks at first power on with two flashing block characters.
Cheers