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Re: Can someone please help me
« on: December 06, 2011, 01:30:19 PM »
The single flash of the caps lock key is just the keyboard processor telling you that it's ok. That's a good start, but doesn't really mean much more than the keyboard has power. Another thought - are any of the pins shorting out in the monitor cable? Have you tried the RCA connectors without the monitor cable attached? A dodgy monitor cable can cause issues which affect the whole machine... And finally - is it a PAL or NTSC machine? And does your TV support which one it is?

Edit: Yes, hold them down when you turn on the power, this should bring up the early startup menu after about 10 seconds...
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Re: Can someone please help me
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2011, 03:05:09 PM »
Okay, shorting out basically means pins touching, and sometimes wires can fray internally and touch. This can prevent an Amiga from booting, or cause other issues like disabling the video output. But if you've tried it without that then that's not the issue. Yeah, maybe you should get an image if it's the wrong type, but some LCDs will just refuse to sync and therefore show nothing. I don't know an easy way of telling whether an Amiga is NTSC or PAL without looking at its output... I'm not sure where you are in the world, but I'm gonna guess Australia / New Zealand? It should be a PAL one to work with your TV system.

Was this machine sold to you as working? When was it last used? Does the A500+ have an on-board battery which might be leaking, or was it just the A500?
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Re: Can someone please help me
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2011, 03:57:30 PM »
Yep, it might be time to pop the cover off that machine and have a (careful) snoop around. If it's been sitting in an attic for years without being turned on, the battery could've started leaking, but it's easy to see if that's the case when you open it up. Capacitors can also fail after a few years, and dead capacitors usually don't do that much damage, but are sometimes hard to spot because they often look like working ones. And, as Bloodline suggested, while you're at it, reseat the ROMs and any other chips in there which might've come loose.
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