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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: spaceman88 on May 31, 2015, 05:58:00 PM
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I turned on my 1200 for the first time in a couple of months and it boots up but the pointer is a "clock" (the system seems busy). I can move the pointer around, but can't open folders by left clicking on them. If I right click the memory info at the top of the screen disappears but no menu appears. I disconnected floppy, mouse and 68030 card - no change. Is there something common that causes the system to be "busy" like this?
Thanks.
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Did you try to boot from floppy?
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This behavior is normal if Amiga can't detect the floppy drive. Is the floppy drive working?
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OK, I plugged the floppy drive back in and booted a 1.3 workbench disks (my 3.1 disks are around somewhere.....) and it worked, I then rebooted off the CF (hard drive) and everything works properly!! I had noticed the floppy light was staying on when I first turned it on, which is why I disconnected the floppy drive. I thought it would work without it. Anyways as long as it keeps working...:-).
Thanks, Len
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OK, I plugged the floppy drive back in and booted a 1.3 workbench disks (my 3.1 disks are around somewhere.....) and it worked, I then rebooted off the CF (hard drive) and everything works properly!! I had noticed the floppy light was staying on when I first turned it on, which is why I disconnected the floppy drive. I thought it would work without it. Anyways as long as it keeps working...:-).
Thanks, Len
Could be a floppy drive issue then. If you have a can of air duster you could try giving it a good blow. Or with a vacuum giving it a good suck. Or with some oil, giving the switches a good lubing/cleaning.