Red has a new amiga!! (Update 12/23/08 - It lives!)

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This one I will probably keep for myself :-D

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Update 12/23/08, it lives!!

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Amiduffer wrote:
A 3000 tower, sweet. I don't blame you!

:-)

I have always wanted a genuine A3000T. I will probably put a Prometheus and Deneb in it, with god only knows what else :lol:

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alexh wrote:
Cyberstorm MKIII?

Maybe a CSPPC.

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Hmm, not booting. This has probably been in storage for many years. This unit is very clean and the battery had been removed, with no damage to the area. These was a WarpEngine installed, but I also tried a A3640 in it. I pushed on the socketted chips but no go so far. The socketed chips were all raised. I suspect it is something minor from being in storage for so long. I'll start tomorrow by completely reseating all socketted chips.

Any other suggestions before I break out the C= service manual?

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x56h34 wrote:
Faulty power supply?

Not likely. I'll jump on it tomorrow, I'm exhausted now. I've driven ~42 hours in 3 days :crazy:

Beddy bye Bozo time :lol:

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weirdami wrote:
Not Bonzo?

Naah, I am quoting the Genesis video which sounds like Bozo :lol:

If I calculate the gas from driving to the land of Cleve and back, I can figure out how much money you'll need to make from selling the goodies to break even. Then, I can announce it and have all the complainers come out of the woodworks complaining about how you don't need to charge so much because all that stuff didn't cost you anything.  :oops:

I've pretty much learned to shrug off price complaints, I even get them when I sell something at or below cost. The complaints are rare, luckily. This lot did serious damage to my bank account and was a near nightmare in travel for more reasons than just travel time, I fully intend to turn a healthy profit :mickeymouse:

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Blown caps?
Corosion on contacts?

Nope and nope, the motherboard (and computer itself) looks almost like it just rolled off the assembly line. After sleeping on it, I am starting to think jumpers may be wrong. Anyhow, I'm going to button her up for a fews days. I've got some work to do :-)

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Congrats!! I had a bad 3000T mobo too. Turned out to be a leaky battery. Did your battery leak at all? Check the traces near the battery and in the area.

Luckily, no. The battery was removed and the battery area is immaculate!

I am using your Promoethious PCI card in mine with a Voodoo 3000 card, runs great!

I agree, the Prometheus is a fantastic PCI board! I will probably use all 4 PCI slots (Voodoo, sound card, ethernet, Catweasel) and all remanding 4 Zorro slots (Deneb is a given). Now to get someone to trade a CSPPC for a SuperCPU 128..

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What does it display when you power on?

Nothing.

Is this an o4o version? (Says o4o on the front panel)

No it's 030 version.

Does the screen display any colours or is it grey in colour, almost white?

No colors, as a matter of fact no CPU activity at all it seems. I hit the caps lock button and the light stops coming on after the 6th time. The last thing I did was remove the CPU card and set jumpers for onboard 030, still nothing.

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Thanks for the offer, I seem to have this chip installed. Strangely from what I've read, it seems the jumpers were wrong for having this chip installed, so I still suspect jumpers. Do you know what the default jumpers are? I should have the service manual, but it is burried under the mountain atm.

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Red, do you have the key? Ifso, is the switch set to unlocked? It should, otherwise the machine will not work. Also, be sure to check the cable (blue) from the key to the motherboard, they tend to come loose. Same thing, cable not connected, non working amiga.

Well I'll be dipped in s**t!! I didn't even think about the key :lol:

Thanks for the info, good stuff! I'll probably take a night off from new listings to play with the A3000T, see if I can get it working.

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da9000 wrote:
What missing chip are you guys talking about?

@Red:

no more photos?? :-)

The missing chips is a 74F08N, you need this chip to use some boards like A3640.

I haven't had a chance to play with the A3000T between the day job and running the side business. I'll try to get some more pics up tonight if you'd like. I'll probably tinker with it tonight instead of listing more stuff, need a night off :lol:

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redrumloa wrote:
Well I'll be dipped in s**t!! I didn't even think about the key :lol:

Well, the key appeared to be in the locked position. Unfortunately I put a key in and turned.. And the switch exploded :pissed: I guess I have to bypass this darn thing.

Anyone know how to bypass this switch :-?

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Cut and tie the black and red pair or cut and tie the black and yellow pair to bypass the switch?


This is what happened to the switch.

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@nine3o

Luckily in was unplugged when it exploded, i was able to clean out all the brass pins.

Surgery? I hope all is well :-?