Amiga 1000 boot problem(s)

[dougal]

I am no A1000 expert , but could it be the Kickstart disk is bad ?

Try making another copy using a different ADZ/ADF file and while you are at it try making a Kickstart 1.0 disk .

[dougal]

Check that all the custom chips in your 1000 are seated properly . It could be that it has some ROM which holds the kickstart and that could have become slightly unseated over time .

Just push them all down with a bit of force (not too much) till u hear them click into place .

Also check the floppy drive cables as they may have become loose over the years .

Apart from that i can't think of what may be wrong with your A1000 as it seems to basicly be working fine apart from that problem .

As others have said , also try your A500 floppy drive too if all else fails . And make sure your K/S disk is working properly . I dont think you can try it on your A500 as the A500's kickstart is already built into the ROM .

[dougal]

I think its the floppy disk and not the drive ...

I would imagine that the A1000 would not even get to the INSERT KICKSTART screen if it had faulty ram ..

Keep us posted once u try another K/S disk

[dougal]

Hi All,

Well, it appears it was all down to a duff KS disk!

I managed to use transwarp and the ADF Sender Terminal program to transfer some KS ADFs from my PC to my lowly A500 and create some new KS disks (after having some probs - I didn't have the serial buffers set high enuff on my A500).

After I created a new KS1.3 floppy the A1000 now boots successfully, fist time, every time!

I'm now a happy bunny!

Thanks to everyone for their suggestions and comments!

Cheers,

Mike.

Glad to see it was only a floppy disk problem .

From what you had originally said , that did seem the problem as your A1000 seemed fine