check the power supply first. Try swapping the boot roms if u have a known good set. Look for bad ram also(may have some chips that are hot but not always).
If you havent reseated every socketed chip,do so now and check for any pins bent under or making bad contact. I've seen them with the slightest corrosion on pins that dont make good contact in the sockets.
the boot colors give you a general idea,but some times other related parts can cause the color and be decieving.
mike
Hardware know it all-s, I summon your knowledge.
I have a an A1000 that goes through a power up like so:
1 Switch on, power LED does the typical fast blinks an A1000 does
2 Goes to a grey screen for a moment
3 Followed by a solid white screen and nothing after. (this is the sad part)
I know this indicate a CPU failure but, I have tried two CPUs and I question that they are both bad. It could be possible. One was in a known, um, incident wiring up a 1Meg insider board and the other 68K is from an 11.50 cent ebay 'win' and judging by the abuse to the case (steak knife mod anyone?) could be DOA.
So, what else could I check, swap out? What else might cause the white screen of sadness?
:cry::nervous::confused::cool:
Also note, with the keyboard, I can reboot the machine, no problem.
