bosman@fwi.uva.nl (Cor Bosman) (04/12/91)
Can someone tell me what the colors mean when you boot a 500. I had the list a while ago but I lost it. Thanx. -- |bosman@fwi.uva.nl // | Dont't loose your head,to gain a minute, | | \\ //AMIGA | you need your head,your brains are in it. | | \// | | "We are going to have peace,even if we have to fight for it" -EISENHOWER-
s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au (Luke Mewburn) (04/13/91)
bosman@fwi.uva.nl (Cor Bosman) writes: >Can someone tell me what the colors mean when you boot a 500. >I had the list a while ago but I lost it. >Thanx. This is the list I got off the news a while ago. I assume it is correct. ------------------------------------------------------------------ A M I G A ' S I N I T I A L I Z A T I O N C O L O R S Dark gray Ok Hardware Light gray Ok Software Red Bad ROM Checksum Green Bad RAM Blue Bad Custom Chips Yellow Exception A500 1) no mouse movements a) replace burnt EMI401 (1.0 ohm 1/4 watt resistor) 2) flaky computer a) do the 2N3906 kludge b) check main computer shield shorting behind disk drive c) Check solder joints on power socket d) flaky internal disk drive power cord e) check for bent chip pins and for bent connector pins f) check keyboard assembly for flakes 3) Power Supply (PN 312503-05) a) pin1 +5V 4.5A b) pin2 shield gnd __ __ c) pin3 +12V 1A |3 \/4 | d) pin4 signal gnd | 5 | Looking into the plug end e) pin5 -12V .1A |2___1_| 4) Green Screen; 10 short 1 long power LED blink a) clean and re-insert Agnus chip 5) flaky keyboard assembly with spurious characters or crash with CAPLOCK LED blink a) replace keyboard and tell customer of possiblity of a serial device being connected to the parallel connector ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-- >|bosman@fwi.uva.nl // | Dont't loose your head,to gain a minute, | >| \\ //AMIGA | you need your head,your brains are in it. | >| \// | | >"We are going to have peace,even if we have to fight for it" -EISENHOWER- -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ | Luke Mewburn (Zak) | This side for rent... | | s902113@minyos.xx.rmit.oz.au | |
stevek@amiglynx.UUCP (Steve K) (04/15/91)
[Borrowed from comp.sys.amiga.introduction...] Colour Diagnostic dark gray Hardware OK light gray Software OK blue Bad Custom Chips green Bad CHIP RAM red Checksumerror ROM (Bad ROM) yellow exception before a GURU-meditation could be given -=*> Steve Krulewitz -------------------- UUNET!tronsbox!amiglynx!stevek <*=-