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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: sir_inferno on January 20, 2004, 09:29:35 PM
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hi, my apollo 1230turbo seems to be broken.
if i'm in workbench and i put the card it, the picture freezes. if i restart with the board still in the miggy, then it simply freezes at the white/beige colour of the workbench screen.
anyone know whats wrong with it?
thanks
p.s. there is a copper wire and a piece of metal both on the board, they both appeared glued/soldered on, i have supplied pics...
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00002.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00003.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00004.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00005.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00006.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00008.JPG
http://aa.domaindlx.com/pkx89/apollo/DSC00010.JPG
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if i'm in workbench and i put the card it, the picture freezes. if i restart with the board still in the miggy, then it simply freezes at the white/beige colour of the workbench screen.
Uhm.... Hmm.... There must be a translation error here. You didn't insert the card while the Amiga was turned on and at Workbench, right? (Please laugh and say I read that wrong.)
From the description, it sounds like a bad Apollo card. There seem to be a rash of them lately. (Someone recently sell out an old collection of warranty returns?)
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:-D ha ha ha
anyway, oh well :(
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Hmm..... For future reference, the only slot on any Amiga that is hot-swappable (able to plug in while computer is turned on and not cause possible damage) is the PCMCIA slot on the side of the A600/1200. (Several ports, such as USB also are, but generally, unless it's a PCMCIA card, you probably should shut the machine off before inserting or removing anything.)
Now, you can also see the replies to the other threads here on mis-behaving Apollos. Power supplies, RAM on the Apollo, jumper settings, etc, could also be causing you problems, if you managed to escape hardware damage, this time. ;-)
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yeah, thanks, the jumpers are ok, the ram has been changed, i'll look around...
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ummm, i think i've found the problem.
my apollo card's battery had corodded
it seems to have leaked as well but there was a plastic protector thingy which seems to have kept in all of the "juices". i've removed the battery and the clip and if i can be bothered i might replace it one day.
when i insert the card, it gets as far as:
dwioooouuuuuuoiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii
(hard drive spinning up)
drrrrrrrrrrrr dri
(hard drive reading to load up workbench)
and then instead of going:
clun-clunk (the two floppies checking for anything)
it just stops there, any idea's/any else had the same problems?