Alzheimer or hardware problem ??? How to reset an A1200 ???

[Effy]

Okay, it has been a while since I have been busy on any Amiga. I am one of those people that come back to the Amiga after a while on fast AMD´s (still hate Intel´s) ...
How do I reset an A1200 Thought it was AmigaR+AmigaL+CTRL ?? They keyboard works, I can change the startup sequence, but can not reset. Is there a hardware problem Do I have to install a reset button I have installed a FastATA aka Powerflyer IDE controller that has an option for a reset button ...

[Effy]

It's an A1200 with a naked OS 3.0 on it, with no access to cd or the internet ... I am trying now to install OS 3.1 ...

[Effy]

"Yes, it is CTRL + LAmiga +RAmiga." ... doesn´t work ...

[Effy]

But can it really be possible that the keyboard has a failure while everything else works There is no key that doesn´t work !!!

[Effy]

Î know about those problems with PC keyboard adapters, but my A1200 is still in its own original 1992 desktop case ...

[Effy]

Ehm, I´m not the keyboard type of guy. I don´t know many keyboard shortcuts ... fill me in dude !!!

[Effy]

"Boot into Workbench, make sure that Workbench is active (click once on the Workbench backdrop) and hit +. If your right Amiga key is working, a window should pop up, asking you to enter a (DOS) command.

If your right Amiga key does not work, select "Execute Command" from the menu, this will have the same effect."

Bingo, it´s the right Amiga key that refuses to work. The left Amiga key works, if I hold it and touch the cursur keys then the pointer starts to move !!! And if I do éxecute command´ and then ´newcli´ and use then the ctrl key + j that it acts like a return.

Thanks Christoph !! My problem isn´t solved yet but at least I now know what the problem is  :-)