Green screen of death.

[J-Golden]

If you have an Amiga mouse, hook it up and hold down both buttons while starting up the 1200.  This will bring you to the early startup screen and from here you can see if the Hard Drive is even detected.

If it is detected, then you will need your disks like you said to check further.  If it is not detected, then make sure the cable is firmly connected.   Power is through the cable, so the fact that it is spinning up is good, but if the connection isn't flush, then the pins on the other end of the connection may not be making the proper connection.

Either way, excellent find!  I hope you can bring it back to life…

If you still haven’t figured out what the memory board is, try comparing it to pics on the Big Book of Amiga Hardware.  Ok, never mind there a million and one memory cards on there!  If you can take a pic of it and post it in the forums someone might be able to recognize it…

GOOD LUCK!:)

[J-Golden]

Ok, totally out of the blue, but you now have TWO Amigas giving you the green screen? :eek:

I don't know how "lucky" you could be having that happen to you twice so close together.

I almost wonder if there is an external issue causing it.  With the Green screen being chip ram, I can't think of anything off the top of my head, but I keep getting a nagging feeling it might be a grounding issue.

I have nothing to back that up, mind you, other than that I was in the repair biz LONG ago and it might be a loose synapses trying to fire from eons ago.:lol:

So, try a power strip that tells you if your outlet is grounded and barring that, just try to hook it up in a different room.  That and maybe try a different monitor TV.

GOOD LUCK!  ‘Cuase if those don't work, YOUR PROBABLY CURSED!!!:nervous:

[J-Golden]

I'm glad to hear everything is coming together!
 
What are you going to do with all the other goodies?  I saw you mention an A600 and a A1200 tower?  Those sounds cool and I'd like to know what you got in them.
 
Hardware specs. are my CRACK!:roflmao: