Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning

[humppa]

It`s frustrating to have something new that don´t response to the expectatives while other computers like my Amiga 500 are still functioning quite well.

Not extremely surprising though. The A500 was mass-produced hardware while the A1s where in fact buggy evaluation/"developer" boards by a small (and now defunct) company.

[Ivanhoe]

I agree

[Tomas]

OK I apreciatte the comments of everyone,but why the batteries run out on the Amiga Ones and not on the PCs?

They both run out.. But a pc will boot up and work just fine even when the battery is drained. On the pc the battery is only used for keeping the clock going right and keeping the settings in the bios. Also on the pc the battery can often last for over 10 years, while the amigaone suffers from a odd problem that causes the battery to drain much more quickly.

Swapping the battery is not something you need to send it the computer for, it is something you can do yourself. Just pop out the battery and take it to a clock store or computer store and pop in the new one.. Someone already posted a picture where this battery is located. The battery does not cost most than a couple of bucks max either.

As the center is more Hardware oriented than Amiga or other computer oriented,I see the possibility to give new life to my Amiga One.

The problem is like i said that PC's dont behave the same way and that there is infact nothing wrong with your amigaone at all if it is the battery.

[Piru]

I wouldn't call this battery behaviour OK. First of all it's pretty stupid design to rely on the battery for the system to function at all. Second, there is no reason why the battery shouldn't last equal time as with PC.

I would call it either bad design or manufacturing error.

AmigaOnes have had some components in wrong orientation/missing before.

The first measure we are announcing is that we have pledged ourselves to the production and development of a platform where both users and developers are guaranteed not just a quality product but a total quality experience as well. This will be achieved through a combination of a strict set of Quality Assurance certifications and the AmigaOS only being available to licensed solution providers for the shipping of combined hardware and software solutions.

From the top of the company to the bottom, we are committed to championing the cause of quality for the consumer and will ensure that substandard products do not make it into the Amiga market where they can do irreparable damage to the reputation of the platform. Licencees will have to develop and resource a full customer solution, with guarantees on product quality, delivery, and most important of all post sales support, with firm commitments to repair, replacement and turnaround, elements that have blighted the platform over the last five years.

That much for the "quality control".

[Tomas]

I would call it either bad design or manufacturing error.

That is exactly what it is. But there is sadly not much one can do about this, considering that neither eyetech or mai logic exist anymore.

[Ivanhoe]

Yeah they talk about quality,the ZICO specification that would be the mark of quality of this computer,technical support,reparation and availability of parts... and...
where are now ? why doesn`t Eyetech or MAI Logic exists
anymore?

Maybe the Amiga One users we must call Amiga companies
and ask them to support a platform that for me at least is new and we must support to keep the illusion of some Amiga
One owners.

[Colani1200]

Tomas wrote:
there is sadly not much one can do about this

You could still replace the CR2032 with two size D batteries  :crazy:

[Agafaster]

Colani1200 wrote:

Tomas wrote:
there is sadly not much one can do about this

You could still replace the CR2032 with two size D batteries  :crazy:

sounds like a cunning plan !  :idea:

[Ivanhoe]

The battery was replaced by a similar battery to the CR2032
and the machine doesn`t seem to work on an electronic center.This time the monitor gives light,before doesn´t
gives light on the leds,but the U-Boot sequence does not appear on the screen.As I say the day before yesterday evaluating the machine the monitor didn´t give light.
This was yesterday afternoon on the repair center as I mentioned before,the evaluation of the battery.
OK,so the battery dóesn´t seem to be the problem
Could it be a problem on the G3 CPU.
Maybe in the near future someone will tell me the thruth
cause I don´t know at all.