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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: actung_bab on August 31, 2010, 06:13:33 AM

Title: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: actung_bab on August 31, 2010, 06:13:33 AM

hi l put togther amiga 4000 from parts from around the world only trouble is
one night working on it l must not had floppy pluged in right or was loose connection
and made archine sound and since the 4000 wont boot just sits there with caps lock light blinking b4 l used to have to re seat the 030 daughter card 030 and it whould go
know nothing wont even get hd light one either the psu is ruuning hd are spining wont boot of the floppy drive just tryed that any ideas whould be appreicated
this happend 6 months or so ago was to upset tp look at till know.
l have spare amiga 4000 board that was damaged by the battery for spares.

thanks in advance

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: Cammy on August 31, 2010, 08:33:13 AM

I don't know if it's too late to contact Anthony, he may have left for Antarctica already, but he still has plenty of information on his site to help you fix your Amiga:

Amiga Technical Resource - Christchurch, New Zealand - http://amiga.serveftp.net/

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: Arkhan on August 31, 2010, 02:41:06 PM

I might have an 040 + RAM for it that I don't need if you want to just skip the 030 nonsense and use a 040?

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: actung_bab on August 31, 2010, 11:56:26 PM

yes l emailed and talked to anthony about this machine and a 2060 card thats broken also very freindly and good advice just down to me getting sent to him very lucky for me somone in my own country so thats great bonus.
thanks for that , good to see you also like amiga 1200 there very underated machine and seem alot more robust never had one fail to work out the 4 l own

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: actung_bab on August 31, 2010, 11:58:26 PM

thanks for the reply yes whould be keen to buy the 040 card they are better but my fualt for damaging machine not the 030 board ive got ram got 2 64 meg simms still the packet if anyone wants them kingston .

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 030 broken
Post by: Cammy on September 01, 2010, 12:53:02 AM

I'm glad you got in contact with Anthony, he really knows his stuff so your Amiga will be in good hands if you send it to him for repairs.

I use my A1200 every day for all sorts of tasks, I have all my Amigas set up here in my office networked and linked. They've got years of life left in them! :)

I notice you have a Mac Mini G4, have you tried MorphOS on it yet? Since AmigaOS4 has two new hardware platforms coming out I don't think Hyperion will be focussing on porting it to Apple hardware any time soon, so MorphOS is the best option for an Amiga operating system on your Mac Mini for now. If you don't have it already, you can download the bootable CD image here - http://www.morphos-team.net/downloads.html