jsevinsk@digi.lonestar.org (John Sevinsky) (11/27/90)
When I first turn on my Amiga 500, I can display HAM picutres (using superview or whatever) and they look great. But after a while, these little red dots the size of one pixel appear in several places. Some are solid red, and others flash. If there is activity with my hard disk, the number of dots increases. Does anybody have any idea what could be causing this? John
dtiberio@libws3.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) (11/30/90)
I had the same problem. Whenever I turned my computer on, no matter how many bit planes there are, there was always one color register that would flicker all different colors. When the drive was accessed, it got worse. When compiling source code, it went away. I also started getting distorted raster lines that took up half the screen. I took it to the repair shop, and was told it only needed to be cleaned. I have not had the problem again (since about three weeks, although it had started about two months earlier). I noticed that once the computer warmed up, it went away, so I assumed that the chips were heating up. Well, no more problems, and it cost me $30 (and I am glad it only cost $30). :)