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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: shadowrider on March 12, 2010, 01:26:19 PM

Title: A4000D wont boot with riser card installed
Post by: shadowrider on March 12, 2010, 01:26:19 PM

have an a 4000ec/030 than reciently accuired that boots fine without the riser card, have a hd floppy and cd-rom running with 3.1 roms, all boots fine till i add the the riser card then i get a yellow screen and the power light blinks rapidly the nothing.. have looked for a short but dont see any, not sure where too proceed from here, help is appreciated, :(
 
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Title: Re: A4000D wont boot with riser card installed
Post by: Crom00 on March 12, 2010, 02:23:47 PM

If I remember correctly in both the a3000 and a4000D there was a piece of PVC plastic that was supposed to go behind the backplane board. It's purpose I believe was to prevent a short that would cause strangeness like no startups or freaky colors on screen.

Title: Re: A4000D wont boot with riser card installed
Post by: Cosmos Amiga on March 12, 2010, 04:05:44 PM

Old capacitors... again and again !