KQS@PSUVMA.BITNET (Kevin Sullivan) (05/04/88)
This message posted from r38 at psuvm, regardless of what address it
seems to come from.
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I asked before, and did not get an answer, so I ask here: what does green
mean in a bootup sequence before the shades of grey start? That is a
diagnostics color, but what does it signify?
Thank you,
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RAEGIS aka Marc Rifkin of Vertech, Inc.
ONLY r38 at psuvm.psu.edu (?)
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5/6/88 814-862-6892maj1@sphinx.uchicago.edu (Major Robinson jr.) (05/05/88)
In article <41357KQS@PSUVMA> KQS@PSUVMA.BITNET (Kevin Sullivan) writes: >This message posted from r38 at psuvm, regardless of what address it >seems to come from. >I asked before, and did not get an answer, so I ask here: what does green >mean in a bootup sequence before the shades of grey start? That is a >diagnostics color, but what does it signify? "Green always indicates a problem with memory." I remember reading that a long time ago on the net. The same thing occurs when I do a cold boot, but never when I do a warm boot. Also, I get the entire 512K and never seem to have problems out of the ordinary. Therefore, I was not sure if I had a problem or not, or if memory was only checked during a cold boot. I put off responding in hopes that someone else has a more definitive or extensive answer. Does everyone else see green at the start of a cold boot? Major Robinson
nic@dworld.UUCP (Nic Bernstein) (05/05/88)
The original poster wants to know the meaning of a green screen
during the boot sequence. A followup article (from Major Robinson)
states that "Green always means memory", I believe that this is only
partially true. From my recollection green means an address fault or
error. My 1000 started to have boot problems (just before my 2000
showed up for the trade in, boo-hoo :-() and would show a green screen
after completing kickstart. I immediately suspected memory problems,
but it turned out to be one of the 8520 chips (the one on the serial
port). This seems to be a "common" failure mode; ie the only people I
know who have had mother baord failures have suffered failed 8520's. I
would check this first.
-Good Luck
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Me Milwaukee, WI 53233
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____________________________________________________________________________page@swan.ulowell.edu (Bob Page) (05/06/88)
Amiga Diagnostic Colors: Green RAM Bad Red ROM Checksum Bad Blue Custom Chips Bad Yellow Exception Dark Grey Hardware is OK Light Grey Software is OK There are one or two more, depending on your machine. ..Bob -- Bob Page, U of Lowell CS Dept. page@swan.ulowell.edu ulowell!page