Amiga 3000T won't boot

[amiga92570]

mvansickle wrote:
I have a beloved 3000T that has soldiered on through a lot of hardships (relocations) but this last house move finally did it in.  After unpacking it and setting it up, it refuses to display a video signal or (from what I can tell) boot at all.  It powers up, fan is on, and the hard drive spins up but then - nothing.  I've tried attaching a 1084 and VGA monitor, neither give a signal although booting the Amiga DOES bring the VGA display out of powersave mode so there is some kind of signal there.  I have tried reseating ZIP ram (that was fun) and also booting without the hard drive attached.

There really is nothing broken that I can see, the MB is in mint condition, the only thing is that the SCSI terminator on the back of the machine is a bit bent.  Could that cause this kind of problem?

Any ideas what else I can look at before I try to find a place to repair it?  Gotta have this baby working again!  I miss it!

Matt

Where are you located, I may be of some assistance. If you are not close to me, check all wiring connections, and if necessary remove harddrive cable and try booting off floppy.  Also check to be sure all socketed chips and crystals are secure. If that doesn't work, you might need someone to diagnose it for you which is hard to do online. One last thing is to try to hold the two mouse buttons down and see if you get the early startup menu. Most important, don't give up, 3000t's are terrific.   :-)

[amiga92570]

Tahoe wrote:
No; in that case you should short the two wires.
Have you had a look inside the machine? Maybe you are running an accelerator board which has come loose during transit?

Or; worse; it could be the dreaded leaking battery. They usually do lots of damage...

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