24 April 2022

Too Computerized

Had a glitch with The Beast when I did a good deed and donated some old clothes to Goodwill.

Started the car and no radio.

Had the friendly Chevy logo start screen and the HVAC was working correctly, but no music.

Cycling the radio power got me to a blank screen for the radio with all other functions working correctly.

While at Wendy's with Marv I looked up what the problem might be.

Turns out that it's running a variation of Windows 98!

If the voltage is a little wonky it gets stuck in a loop and one or more radio/hvac functions will stop working.

Several people suggested checking the fuse and seeing how crusty it was.

Mine was very crusty.  Removing and reinserting it a few times cleaned up the blades and the radio came back to life.

Huzzah!

I hope that actually fixed the issue...

Posted by Angus McThag at 17:40
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3 comments:

  1. SofwareJanitor24 April, 2022 19:32

    Geez. And people wonder why I despise Microsoft and Windows... FWIW, the credits screen on my wife's Silverado mentions GPL2 and Linux...

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  2. KurtP24 April, 2022 22:42

    If you try to eject a CD and it won't (because it's a Chevy thing - or Silverado anyway) -Pull the #48 fuse and count to ten and it'll start working again.

    Ask me how I know (rolling eyes emoji)

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  3. Terrapod25 April, 2022 11:40

    Salt laden humid air - does marvels to electronics. One of the best arguments I know to find a 65 impala and call it good (I am constantly searching in salt free places).

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