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Intermittend boot problems Amiga 600
« on: March 02, 2026, 02:29:46 PM »
A friend of mine used to own an Amiga 600. After nagging him for years to get the thing recapped he finally gave it to me. Of course all the caps were already leaking. I cleaned and recapped teha Amiga. Now for about 60% of all the cases the machine boots just fine, both from floppy as well as CF card. In abut 40 % of the cases it gets stuck with a white screen. If it succesfully boots, you can reboot using ctrl-A-A without issues. If the machine gets stuck the reset works but it get´s stuck again. The voltages on the board are in range. Reset signal at the 68000 works normal. The clocksignal is also good.

Any ideas how to proceed?
 

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Re: Intermittend boot problems Amiga 600
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2026, 05:29:10 PM »
What I get is dark grey, light grey and white. If the computer locks up, it´s with a white screen. In locked state when I press ctrl-A-A it goes through the cycle dark grey, light grey and white again and locks up again. When the machine is running youcan reset it via ctrl-A-A repeatedly without problems. 
 

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Re: Intermittend boot problems Amiga 600
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2026, 08:34:03 PM »
I have tried different Kichstarts 2.05 and 3.1 as well as Diag-ROM. The behaviour is allways the same. Interestingly I now se subtle changes of behaviour. I now seem to get a black screen at failed booting. The rate of ailures on the other hand seems to decrease. The pins on the NE555 look dull even though the reset signal seems to be fine. I have to trace the signal further. A have tried the machine with both the CF-Card at the IDE header connected and disconnected. Same with the floppy or a Gotek. I don´t see a difference there.