A1200 Pointer Corruption

[Franko]

I'm assuming by "ESM" you mean the Early StartUp Menu or Screen...

If your getting sprite corruption there, then I don't think it's anything to do with stuff you may have running in the StartUp-Sequence, nor does it appear to be faulty ROMS (where the image data for the pointer is stored) as if the ROMS were faulty this would show up on the Amigas BootStrap check...

Have you tried removing the CF HDD board to see if the problem still occurs when it's removed, if so and the problem still remains then it would seem that you have damaged your Amiga in some way and if not then it must be something to do with the CF adapter itself...

Simplest way to check is remove the CF board and power up your Amiga and check out the Early Startup Screen and see if the problem still occurs...

[Franko]

Hmmm... as the sprite for the pointer is drawn using a copper list then what you getting here is corrupt sprite data in the copper list. Which is making the sprite think it's length is what you are seeing on the screen and filling it with whatever data is in the memory that the sprites data is pointing too...

This would seem to indicate a Hardware problem (as your getting it even in the ESM), unfortunately I don't think there is any way to fix this yourself, as the problem could be either in the memory chips (unlikely) or one of the custom chips that draws the display...

Have you tried removing the CF Board yet to see it this solves the problem, cos otherwise it certainly looks like you'll eiether need to get someone to try and repair it or cut your losses and buy a new one... sorry but unless someone else knows better then I'd say your Amiga is broken...

[Franko]

No idea what type of CFcard/board he's using but it could very well be that it's interfering somehow with the data paths/bus for the sprite display, before consigning the Amiga to the bin it would be wise to remove it first and see if the problem still persists...

@Gertsy, yup... the only socketed chips in an A1200 are the ROMs...

[Franko]

2 right.  How come ur profile ON light is never glowing Franko.  Is that a CP thing.?

I haven't paid the bill so me electricity's been cut off, I'll try sticking a wee birthday cake candle behind it and see if that helps...