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Offline Ilwrath

Re: A1200 not booting up (screen remain black) Please help!!
« on: April 22, 2004, 04:20:21 PM »
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I have tried without a floppy,and the first time I booted I got it all, Yellow than Purple than Black.


Egads!  That does sound a bit hosed.  :-(  Usually, the Amiga will pick a fault color and stay on it.  (I've never seen one leave a yellow screen to go to another color -- the only way out is a reset)

For a laugh, though...  Power the machine up, wait about 20 seconds, and then try cycling the CAPS LOCK about 20 times.  Most likely after about 10 on/off cycles (twenty presses) it'll freeze, as well.  (The CAPS LOCK light will stop responding)  In my mind, that would be the final test to eliminate a simple display failure as cause of your problems...

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I actually also got a CD32 with SX-1 component which I'll try and the week-end. If it possible to conect the hard drive on that? (alhought workbench or rom might be different).


If you can physically/logically connect it, the contents of the HD should be fine for a CD32.  Workbench revision would be compatible.  :-)  Of course, the startup-sequence may need both HDs in order to properly finish.
 

Offline Ilwrath

Re: A1200 not booting up (screen remain black) Please help!!
« Reply #1 on: April 23, 2004, 03:38:07 AM »
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Just tried that, it actually took 10 times only (or 5 cycles) and the caps look was frozen.


Yeah... I never counted how many presses it actually takes, so I just took a guess, and added a few for good measure.  :-)

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So I guess I'll see what I can salvage next time. Is the Blizzard 1230-II board worth much providing it would work well?


Seems to depend on region.  They tend to draw more in the US than in Europe.  (They were much more common on the other side of the pond, I think.)  Personally, I keep holding out hope that I'll find one for cheap around here, eventually.  (It would be a nice touch for my retro A1200D.)