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Grey Screen A4000
« on: January 15, 2006, 12:01:19 PM »
Again my sad tale or woe:  I have a A4000 m/b that I've been trying to figure out what is wrong with it.  When I turn it on the power led cycles form dull to bright and the harddrive spins up for a few seconds but right when it should activate df0: little or no floppy action happens (very rarely does the floppy light up at all), then the harddrive stops at a sort of lighter grey screen.  I've tried all the usual suspects, swapped roms, cleaned fast slot, different simms, cleaned simms, new crystal oscillators, swapped power supplies, cables, etc.  There is zero corrosion near the battery area but some near a leaking cap near the audio outputs (a couple vias seem corroded).  Would this be enough to stop a boot?  I already had this board serviced with new cia's so they are definitely not at fault.  And yes, all the jumpers are correct.  Ideas?
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Re: Grey Screen A4000
« Reply #1 on: January 15, 2006, 02:14:06 PM »
No kickstart disk prompt w/ or w/o drives attached.
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Re: Grey Screen A4000
« Reply #2 on: January 15, 2006, 02:36:04 PM »
@Patrik

I've tried a 1084 and a 1950 via the 23 pin rgb port..no luck.

@Doobrey

I can wait forever and nothing but grey screen, w/ or w/o daughterboard attached...I don't think it's an autoconfig problem.

I just uploaded a picture in the A4000 photo directory.
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Re: Grey Screen A4000
« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2006, 07:26:58 PM »
@DaBest

Not completely dead, just won't boot.  :boohoo:
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