barrett@enovax.enet.dec.com (Keith Barrett) (06/11/90)
Help!!!! My Amiga 2000 (rev 4.5) has died this weekend. The problem is that when I boot it (in any manner) it stops on the second color screen (a shade of gray; can't remember which off hand), and the Power LED blinks "5 short, 1 long". I have a list of the screen color meanings, but not the Power LED sequences (I do have the CAPS LOCK list though). Can anyone tell me what this sequence means and what my problem probably is? Does anyone have a list of all the power LED sequences? Please send me EMAIL if possible. Thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!! Keith ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Keith G. Barrett - Software Specialist Internet: barrett@ctoavx.enet.dec.com Digital Equipment Corp. "DEC has it now" UUCP: decwrl!ctoavx.enet!barrett decuac!meridn.enet!barrett // "Wait'll they get a load of me" - Joker \X/ "The Amiga is really a picoVAX" "You won't get it!" - the Prisoner ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) (06/12/90)
In article <12350@shlump.nac.dec.com> barrett@enovax.enet.dec.com (Keith Barrett) writes: >Help!!!! My Amiga 2000 (rev 4.5) has died this weekend. The problem is that >when I boot it (in any manner) it stops on the second color screen (a shade of >gray; can't remember which off hand), and the Power LED blinks "5 short, 1 long". > >I have a list of the screen color meanings, but not the Power LED sequences >(I do have the CAPS LOCK list though). Can anyone tell me what this sequence >means and what my problem probably is? Does anyone have a list of all the power >LED sequences? The LED blinking sequence is common to all power up failures, and basically is just an indication that you've died where as the screen color tells you how far you got before you died. They grey screen suggests some kind of basic cpu/memory/system failure, poke at the chips and wiggle any expansion boards, and if that doesn't do it, then you probably need to visit a service center. Do check that with no "bootable" media installed that you do or don't get the "insert diskete" hand. If you don't get that far, something's sick, otherwise it could still be corrupted boot media or viruses of some sort. -- George Robbins - now working for, uucp: {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!grr but no way officially representing: domain: grr@cbmvax.commodore.com Commodore, Engineering Department phone: 215-431-9349 (only by moonlite)