Blizzard 2060 in Amiga 2000 Problem

[jsixis]

*nods

I gave that a go on one occasion when I managed to get it going. It didn't say anything about any of the installed cards just which boot device to choose. Though and I'm not sure from memory was it WB3 Roms which tell you about the cards and WB2 Roms don't do this? (I have WB2.x roms in my A2000). That is on really old WB 1.x rom machines, no menu at all, WB 2.x it has a menu but lets you choose only the boot device and with WB 3.x it also does that but also lists cards? (Not sure, been a *long* time since I did anything really with Amiga hardware!).""


  Boot holding down both mouse buttons, when you get to the startup screen you have an option to view boards, click on that.

 If it says the board is working then that eliminates 1 problem. Re seating the chips is always a good thing.

 I'm assuming you have tried other slots the old school in me says the 060 takes the 1st slot and the scsi card next (even though they claim it makes no difference) and you installed the 060 software (pay attention where it installs to just in case you have to remove it)

[ljones]

*nods

I gave that a go on one occasion when I managed to get it going. It didn't say anything about any of the installed cards just which boot device to choose. Though and I'm not sure from memory was it WB3 Roms which tell you about the cards and WB2 Roms don't do this? (I have WB2.x roms in my A2000). That is on really old WB 1.x rom machines, no menu at all, WB 2.x it has a menu but lets you choose only the boot device and with WB 3.x it also does that but also lists cards? (Not sure, been a *long* time since I did anything really with Amiga hardware!).""


  Boot holding down both mouse buttons, when you get to the startup screen you have an option to view boards, click on that.

 If it says the board is working then that eliminates 1 problem. Re seating the chips is always a good thing.

 I'm assuming you have tried other slots the old school in me says the 060 takes the 1st slot and the scsi card next (even though they claim it makes no difference) and you installed the 060 software (pay attention where it installs to just in case you have to remove it)

My problem is really more the case of getting to that point though -- it's getting it to the point where I can do something is the problem. If I were to plug in the 060 and then power up the amiga (for example from cold) I don't get to the point where I can get to do anything with software or menus unfortunatly I'd get a blank or white screen x.x it takes several reboots to get to that point. Once I'm in I'm in but it's that first part that's the problem.

ljones

[lassie]

One of my stock Amiga 2000 does the same i have to boot a few times before it works. I found a place on the motherboard that when i push there, it works otherwise i can boot up 10 times before it work. It is very strange, but when i push there it always seem to work, but then i am forced to have it open a lot.

[mechy]

One of my stock Amiga 2000 does the same i have to boot a few times before it works. I found a place on the motherboard that when i push there, it works otherwise i can boot up 10 times before it work. It is very strange, but when i push there it always seem to work, but then i am forced to have it open a lot.

This is almost always caused by bad chip to socket contact,a socket with a broken internal pin,and/or corroded chips and socket pins. you can pull each chip and check it and the sockets.lightly sand the chip pins  with a piece of 600grit paper (very lightly!) and reinstall the chips. If that doesn't cure it suspect a socket.

[orcish75]

I had a similar problem on my A2286 bridgeboard in that it would only boot up occasionally but would always boot if I bent the board slightly in the middle. It took a while to find the problem, I discovered a hairline crack on one of the resistor packages.

Could be worthwhile to check all the resistor packages by bending the board lengthways to the packages and checking for cracks.

Intermittent problems are almost always a bitch to fix! :pissed:

[lassie]

This is almost always caused by bad chip to socket contact,a socket with a broken internal pin,and/or corroded chips and socket pins. you can pull each chip and check it and the sockets.lightly sand the chip pins  with a piece of 600grit paper (very lightly!) and reinstall the chips. If that doesn't cure it suspect a socket.

Hi i will give that a try, because it is a pain to have the Amiga open alot of the time almost everytime i have to play a game, i will have to open and push, that is not funny in the long run. But she is also 23 years old soon and other than that she works perfect

[ljones]

A while back I sent an email to amigakit asking if they could fix/replace capacitors on old A2000 boards. I saw that they did ones for the A1200 but the A2000 wasn't in their list. Though I got an email from them saying they can fix old A2000 boards.

That's intresting could be well worth a go!

ljones