chris@bingvaxu.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU (Chris Peck) (06/08/90)
Well, my Amiga died last nite - the symtom is a green monitor screen and a blinking red power light on the keyboard. Anyone have any ideas what causes this? -chris -- chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Chris Peck chris@bingvaxa.bitnet SUNY Binghamton, NY --"Any opinions expressed above are mine, ALL MINE!"--
mgemmel@cs.vu.nl (Martin Gemmel) (06/08/90)
In article <3574@bingvaxu.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU>, chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck) writes: >Well, my Amiga died last nite - the symtom is a green monitor screen >and a blinking red power light on the keyboard. Anyone have any ideas >what causes this? Officially, it means there's something wrong with your CHIP ram. During startup, your Amiga checks how much CHIP ram there's available. If it's less than 512K (I think) your screen turns green, the LED blinks 11 times, and another reset is initiated, often resulting in the same trouble. Now comes the strange part. I have had the same experience after I swapped my 68000 with an 68010! I just couldn't believe it had to do with my CHIP ram chips. So I pressed a little on my 68010, pulled it out a tiny little bit, pressed it again etc. and when I turned my Amiga back on, everything went fine! Then I decided to put my 68000 back in, and my screen turned green again. I had to perform the same ritual as with the 68010 to fix it. A friend of mine had to pull the ROM chip in his Amiga a little in order to fix the same problem. So I think your CHIP ram chips are one of the last places you will find the problem. -- Martin Gemmel
grr@cbmvax.commodore.com (George Robbins) (06/08/90)
In article <3574@bingvaxu.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU> chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck) writes: > Well, my Amiga died last nite - the symtom is a green monitor screen > and a blinking red power light on the keyboard. Anyone have any ideas > what causes this? Green screens indicate memory problems, most likely due to a poorly seated Agnus chip or an A501 card not making good contact. Wiggle your a501 if you have one else take it to a service center... (or DIY) -- 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)
peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) (06/08/90)
In article <3574@bingvaxu.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU> chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu.cc.binghamton.edu (Chris Peck) writes: >Well, my Amiga died last nite - the symtom is a green monitor screen >and a blinking red power light on the keyboard. Anyone have any ideas >what causes this? If it were only the green screen, this is quite often (but not always) just a bad contact of one of the bigger chips (Fat Agnus eg) in their sockets. If you dare to open your Amiga, just push the chips tight into their sockets and try again. This helped already in some cases, but the flashing light you mention makes me less sure... -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel E-Mail to Commodore Frankfurt, Germany rutgers!cbmvax!cbmbsw!cbmger!peterk
chris@bingvaxu.CC.BINGHAMTON.EDU (Chris Peck) (06/11/90)
In article <12416@cbmvax.commodore.com> grr@cbmvax (George Robbins) writes: >Green screens indicate memory problems, most likely due to a poorly seated >Agnus chip or an A501 card not making good contact. Wiggle your a501 if >you have one else take it to a service center... (or DIY) > Well - I got my Amiga back Friday, and it was the Agnus. It came loose during shipping I guess. The service fellow said that the "older" Amiga 500's had a "looser" fitting in the socket. I wanted to get it fully checked out anyways (cost the same $25 for the bench charge). Thanks for all the info folks!!! Next time I'll post here and then DIY... -chris -- chris@bingvaxu.cc.binghamton.edu Chris Peck chris@bingvaxa.bitnet SUNY Binghamton, NY --"Any opinions expressed above are mine, ALL MINE!"--