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My machine keeps crashing after installing my accelerator.

This is a common problem encountered on most Amigas. Firstly check your machine to see if the accelerator is plugged in properly. If this does not help unplug all hardware apart from the accelerator and boot the machine. If the machine works properly without crashing the problem may be a conflict with other hardware. Reattach each peripheral in turn to find the cause of the problem. It may be possible that the incompatible hardware has an updated driver that allows it to work with the machine. Check Aminet or the manufacturers web page.

Another solution may be too buy better power supply. The standard 23W A1200 PSU is woefully under powered, only managing to power a few peripherals (the demand of a hard drive and CD-ROM are usually its limit). The processor on the accelerator may be getting to hot and shutting itself down. This is especially common on the 68040. Try leaving the trapdoor cover off or fitting a small fan to keep it ventilated. It is also recommended to place the machine in a tower case or raising the machine off the desk by putting it on stilts.

If the machine is crashing on particular programs you may be trying to use software which breaks under a new processor. There is very little you can do in such cases apart from finding a similar application or game that will run. It may be useful to try degrader patches to get the stubborn software to work.
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