jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) (11/09/88)
When my amy gave up the ghost recently, the system no longer
booted and flashed a green screen on the monitor. Could someone
in the know tell me what this means and have any idea what it
would take/cost to fix?
--j
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to who can they speak when their words total seven?"24847843%WSUVM1.BITNET@cunyvm.cuny.edu (Shawn Clabough) (11/10/88)
Most times when your Amiga boots with a green screen it means that one
of your chips has came loose and is not making good contact anymore. I
suggest that you take the cover off of your amiga and carefully press
down on each of the chips. Then replace the cover and reboot. Hopefully
this will solve your problem.
Shawn Clabough
co-creator of the Digi-Hair system
24847843@WSUVM1.BITNET
Washington State University
Go Cougs! AP Top 20eric@cbmvax.UUCP (Eric Cotton) (11/10/88)
In article <1286@astroatc.UUCP> jojo@astroatc.UUCP (Jon Wesener) writes: > When my amy gave up the ghost recently, the system no longer >booted and flashed a green screen on the monitor. Could someone >in the know tell me what this means and have any idea what it >would take/cost to fix? Green = bad RAM. Make sure any expansion RAM boards you may have did not come loose. And make sure contacts are clean. -- Eric Cotton Commodore-Amiga (215) 431-9100 1200 Wilson Drive {rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!eric West Chester, PA 19380 "I don't find this stuff amusing anymore."
wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) (11/16/88)
Could someone sumarize the other diagnostic screen colors too? I'd also be interested in finding out the significance (if any) of the LED flashing upon reset. Ie: does it blink some interesting pattern if the other diagnostic routes are too messed up to show something on the screen? I know the audio at boot-up is from one of Wagner's operas, although out of context is a bit tough to recognize (extra points awarded if you know which one :-) ). --Bill
bjc@pollux.UUCP (Betty J. Clay) (11/18/88)
In article <1410@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: > >Could someone sumarize the other diagnostic screen colors too? I'd >also be interested in finding out the significance (if any) of the >LED flashing upon reset. Ie: does it blink some interesting > >--Bill Here are some of the most likely colors to be displayed: Green - there is an error in a RAM chip Red - an error was found in a ROM chip Blue - something is wrong in one of the custom chips Yellow - a 68000 error was found before the guru was available For the keyboard, these were true of the 1000, and I assume are still valid: One blink - keyboard ROM check failed Two blinks - keyboard RAM check failed Three blinks - watchdog timer test failed Four blinks - a short exists between two row lines or in one of the seven control keys Hope this helps. Betty ============================================================================= Betty Clay .....killer!pollux!bjc SYSOP/CompuServe AmigaForum CIS: 76702,337 ============================================================================= D D SYSOP/CompuServe AmigaForum CIS: 76702,337 D D D SYSOP/CompuServe Amiga Forum CIS: 76702,337
zlhb0a@apctrc.uucp (Lawrence H. Brown) (11/22/88)
In article <13147@pollux.UUCP> bjc@pollux.UUCP () writes: =In article <1410@neoucom.UUCP> wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew) writes: =>Could someone sumarize the other diagnostic screen colors too? I'd =>also be interested in finding out the significance (if any) of the =>LED flashing upon reset. Ie: does it blink some interesting => =>--Bill >Here are some of the most likely colors to be displayed: > Green - there is an error in a RAM chip Ok, disclaimer first, I am not a hardware technician, and don't do this if your system is still under warranty. Now, my Amiga 500 started acting funky a while back and finally it locked up with the green screen displayed. Bad RAM, I thinks. I call our nearest hardware repair center (8 hour drive away!) and moan on the phone. I describe the problem and he says "Well, it could be bad ram and then again maybe not, I'd have to look first. Hmmm. I've seen lotsa notes about a chip (agnes) getting unseated, and since I haul my amiga around at least once a week (designed a carryall rig out of a steamer trunk. (WORKS GREAT)) perhaps I've jarred something loose, so just before biting the bullet, I take the Amiga 500 apart (nice modular job, no sigs :< ) I press on every socketed chip, and plug it in. Bingo, she's back to life! Can you say amen brother! Amys been healed! Check the chips before shelling out the bucks. P.S. Jerry P. said something nice about the Amiga in BYTE! Thanks jdow! Now I see why there are rumours of a Amiga 3000 (68030/2meg/80386) after seeing the MacIIx specs...get 'em C-A!! ;') // You've heard of CATS, DOGS, & GOATS? *NOW* TRY GERBILS! // "Gladly Educating Real Beginners In Latest Software!" \\// Lawrence H. Brown USENET: ...!uunet!apctrc!zlhb0a \/ (918-660-4389) USmail: 7325 E. 50th, Tulsa, OK 74145