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Amiga 500 issues
« on: February 28, 2023, 09:11:46 PM »
I recently purchased a recapped, refurbished Amiga 500 with a ton of extras onboard. It arrived safely all bubble-wrapped and was told to remove the piece of the card away from the Terrible Fire card. So, I unscrewed it, no piece of card. I put it all back together, connected it up to the SCART to HDMI converter, and booted up. The "No signal" message came up on screen, even after a brand new cable and just running it through the SCART output. Nothing. I have ordered an A520 RF modulator so hopefully this will work. If not does anyone have any suggestions? This was my dream Amiga but it's turning out to be a nightmare!

The extras are as follows,

 3.1 Kickstart Rom Licenced (Req for TF536)
TF536 with relocator 68030, 64Mb (TerribleFire)
2Mb Ram Upgrade (Total 2Mb in the trapdoor)) RECOMMENDED with TF CARD
Internal Gotek Drive OLED Display
Original PSU UK Plug
USB Mouse Adaptor (use a PS2 USB Compatible Mouse)
8Gb CF Card with IDE interface and cable
Scart to HDMI Converter
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Re: Amiga 500 issues
« Reply #1 on: March 01, 2023, 07:33:53 AM »
Welcome (back?) to the Amiga, I hope you get this sorted soon.

When it powers on, does the floppy drive click every couple of seconds (assuming it has one, and not replaced by a Gotek)?

If you list the upgrades here, it might also help identify the cause.

There are loads of active Amiga groups in the UK so if we can't fix this remotely, you might find a local group to help out. Depending on where you bought this, there may be some buyer protection too.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.2), OS 3.2.2 with ClassicWB, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU. 3COM PCMCIA Network card running with Miami DX.
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Re: Amiga 500 issues
« Reply #2 on: March 01, 2023, 08:59:06 AM »
The floppy has been replaced by a Gotek and the upgrades are as follows,

 3.1 Kickstart Rom Licenced (Req for TF536)
TF536 with relocator 68030, 64Mb (TerribleFire)
2Mb Ram Upgrade (Total 2Mb in the trapdoor)) RECOMMENDED with TF CARD
Internal Gotek Drive OLED Display
Original PSU UK Plug
USB Mouse Adaptor (use a PS2 USB Compatible Mouse)
8Gb CF Card with IDE interface and cable
Scart to HDMI Converter

I bought it from Retro Passion and was ordered on the 9th of January. I'd like to get it sorted as the Amiga has played a huge part in my life and it would be nice to actually have one running again.
 

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Re: Amiga 500 issues
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2023, 07:15:28 AM »
As RetroPassion is a company, not a private individual there will be legal obligations to get this sorted for you. Have you tried contacting them directly?
@RetroPassion is also on this forum.
A1200 in DIY Tower. 3.2 ROMs (softkicking 3.2.2), OS 3.2.2 with ClassicWB, CF card, CD RW and IDE to SD adapter running off the internal IDE port (using the A4000 4-port IDE adapter from Amigakit), Pistorm 32 lite with Pi4/2GB/Emu68 or Blizzard 1230-IV, with 32MB 60ns RAM and 50MHz 68882 FPU. 3COM PCMCIA Network card running with Miami DX.
MorphOS on PowerMac G5 and ATI 9600 pro
 

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Re: Amiga 500 issues
« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2023, 09:10:47 AM »
I'm sending it back to Retro Passion to get checked out. I'm hoping it's a quick fix!