tm86214@cc.tut.fi (Miettinen Topi) (03/14/91)
The disease: One day, the Caps Lock LED in my A500 started to blink, and in few seconds, boot. This happened randomly thereafter. Sometimes it just freezed, sometimes it booted in 5-second intervals (horrors!) Meet the cure: I opened the case, took the keyboard out and disassembled it. Then I blowed any dust and hair away from the keys and especially from the circuits. I put all things back. This was two weeks ago, and everything has been OK. Another thing related to A500's and their keyboards: It has bothered me since I bought my A500, that the drive LED seems to be red, when it's not lit. Therefore I put some tape around the power LED, and now it's perfect! tm86214@ee.tut.fi Topi Miettinen OP Mnemonic Description moviesAmigaTDelec Tiaisentie 17 D FDFF BUGL VMS bugcheck tronicsRPGsleepeat SF-33100 Tampere - VAX-11 Programming Card
cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) (03/14/91)
In article <TM86214.91Mar13215509@lehtori.cc.tut.fi> tm86214@cc.tut.fi (Miettinen Topi) writes: > >The disease: One day, the Caps Lock LED in my A500 started to blink, and in few >seconds, boot. This happened randomly thereafter. Sometimes it just freezed, >sometimes it booted in 5-second intervals (horrors!) > >Meet the cure: I opened the case, took the keyboard out and disassembled it. >Then I blowed any dust and hair away from the keys and especially from the >circuits. I put all things back. > >This was two weeks ago, and everything has been OK. > >Another thing related to A500's and their keyboards: >It has bothered me since I bought my A500, that the drive LED seems to be red, >when it's not lit. Therefore I put some tape around the power LED, and now it's >perfect! > >tm86214@ee.tut.fi Topi Miettinen OP Mnemonic Description >moviesAmigaTDelec Tiaisentie 17 D FDFF BUGL VMS bugcheck >tronicsRPGsleepeat SF-33100 Tampere - VAX-11 Programming Card Don't be so sure that this won't happen to you again, It happens to me every now and then on my 2000, it hasn't happened for about 3 weeks now, so any minute now i expect to see the little sucker start flashing..... Matt Crowd.
BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu (03/15/91)
In article <1991Mar14.013429.19345@marlin.jcu.edu.au>, cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au (Matthew W Crowd) says: > >In article <TM86214.91Mar13215509@lehtori.cc.tut.fi> tm86214@cc.tut.fi >(Miettinen Topi) writes: >> >>The disease: One day, the Caps Lock LED in my A500 started to blink, and in w >>seconds, boot. This happened randomly thereafter. Sometimes it just freezed, >>sometimes it booted in 5-second intervals (horrors!) >> >>Meet the cure: I opened the case, took the keyboard out and disassembled it. >>Then I blowed any dust and hair away from the keys and especially from the >>circuits. I put all things back. >> >>This was two weeks ago, and everything has been OK. >> > >Don't be so sure that this won't happen to you again, It happens to me >every now and then on my 2000, it hasn't happened for about 3 weeks now, >so any minute now i expect to see the little sucker start flashing..... > >Matt Crowd. My 500 had the same disease. One day I took it to get it repaired, but the repairman didn't find anything wrong with it. I took it home a week later, and it was working fine; for about 2 weeks. Then the flashing and the locking up started again. A friend of mine, who happens to be an Amiga guru, told me that the keyboard needs to be replaced, so 6 months ago I got a new keyboard. Since then my 500 has been working without any problems. Blaise Tarr BGT101@PSUVM.psu.edu tarr@cs.psu.edu
rivero@dev8.mdcbbs.com (03/18/91)
In article <91073.203630BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu>, BGT101@psuvm.psu.edu writes: > In article <1991Mar14.013429.19345@marlin.jcu.edu.au>, cpmwc@marlin.jcu.edu.au > (Matthew W Crowd) says: >> >>In article <TM86214.91Mar13215509@lehtori.cc.tut.fi> tm86214@cc.tut.fi >>(Miettinen Topi) writes: >>> >>>The disease: One day, the Caps Lock LED in my A500 started to blink, and in w >>>seconds, boot. This happened randomly thereafter. Sometimes it just freezed, >>>sometimes it booted in 5-second intervals (horrors!) >>> >>>Meet the cure: I opened the case, took the keyboard out and disassembled it. >>>Then I blowed any dust and hair away from the keys and especially from the >>>circuits. I put all things back. >>> >>>This was two weeks ago, and everything has been OK. >>> >> >>Don't be so sure that this won't happen to you again, It happens to me >>every now and then on my 2000, it hasn't happened for about 3 weeks now, >>so any minute now i expect to see the little sucker start flashing..... >> >>Matt Crowd. > > My 500 had the same disease. One day I took it to get it repaired, but the > repairman didn't find anything wrong with it. I took it home a week later, and > it was working fine; for about 2 weeks. Then the flashing and the locking up > started again. A friend of mine, who happens to be an Amiga guru, told me that > the keyboard needs to be replaced, so 6 months ago I got a new keyboard. Since > then my 500 has been working without any problems. > > Blaise Tarr BGT101@PSUVM.psu.edu tarr@cs.psu.edu