guru meditation

[jquizz]

i have recently got an old amiga up and running,it had a  problem  the floppy not working so fixed that.now when i boot up a disk after a while it comes up with a black screen and says software failure guru meditation in red writing.Is the amiga dying on me?or can it be fixed?help!!! just ordered a game to play on aswell (rocket ranger).

[J-Golden]

Do you have any other games or Amiga progams you can try on the system?
 
Any more specific information on the Amiga would be helpful as well.
 
What model (A500, A2000, CD32, etc.)
 
Does it have any expantions in it?
 
What does it do whe nyou power it on without a floppy in the drive?
 
Basiclly any more information would help us better understand your situation and help us help you!

[jquizz]

the amiga powers up ok comes up with workbench screen and boots up . only crashes after about 5mins it is an amiga 500.i will find out more details for you and put on message.it has got some kind of add on box underneath the amiga in a slot guess that could be an memory expansion or hard drive.do not know much about them thats why i asked on here.

[Lord Aga]

Pics would help too

[Kesa]

There you go you big sook you...:hammer:



Also remember there is an error code that will also be useful in finding the problem.

[motrucker]

Is it booting from a hard drive? It may be a problem with the expansion box. Does the expansion have it's own PSU?
We really need more info, such as; PSU info, OS being used (1.2, 1.3, 2.0, etc) RAM, and as much info about the expansion as possible.

[Lord Aga]

There you go you big sook you...:hammer:
Also remember there is an error code that will also be useful in finding the problem.

Pics of the unknown buldge beneath his Amiga

[jquizz]

will get precise code and all details and post them on here,sorry but no pics of bulge  too big wont fit on screen!!!lol (boasting again)

[rockape]

Hi jquizz,

See   http://aminet.net/search?query=guru+meditation

Regards, Michael

aka rockape

[jquizz]

have found out the code which is guru meditation #00000003.00c0485e.thats not theonly problem ive got i recently got a game from ebay and it loads up fine until i get an error which says #286:read error on dsar.hope someone can help.found out the expansion which fits underneath the amiga may cause the guru meditation failure i think.all i know is the amiga is an a500 got a green power light and disc light is orange.will need help to get precise details as dont know where to look.

[rockape]

Hi jquizz,

That expansion card could well have a clock and battery on it.

It`s possible the battery may have leaked and caused damage.

Whip it out and check it.

See   http://www.bboah.com/index.php?sid=177265&lang=en&action=artikel&cat=69&id=3039&artlang=en

as an example RAM expansion card with clock and battery, I have a few of these which are damaged by battery leakage.


Regards, Michael

aka rockape

[Kesa]

have found out the code which is guru meditation #00000003.00c0485e.thats not theonly problem ive got i recently got a game from ebay and it loads up fine until i get an error which says #286:read error on dsar.hope someone can help.found out the expansion which fits underneath the amiga may cause the guru meditation failure i think.all i know is the amiga is an a500 got a green power light and disc light is orange.will need help to get precise details as dont know where to look.

Older A500's had a red power led, and a green floppy led. Newer versions  (including the A500+) have a green power led, and an amber floppy led.       What kickstart do you have? 1.2, 1.3 or 2.04?

[jquizz]

i have kickstart 1.3 and just found out incase nobody knows that you can use megadrive control pads.

[psxphill]

i have kickstart 1.3 and just found out incase nobody knows that you can use megadrive control pads.

It's known that you can use them. However there was a scare story going around in the 90's that because of differences between the amiga and megadrive controller ports, you shouldn't use them without an adapter (two of the wires need to be swapped).
 
Supposedly if you press one of the other fire buttons (the working fire button I think is B??) then it can take out the joystick port. I don't know whether I believe it or not, but I used an adapter as it allows software to use all the buttons.

[slaapliedje]

It's known that you can use them. However there was a scare story going around in the 90's that because of differences between the amiga and megadrive controller ports, you shouldn't use them without an adapter (two of the wires need to be swapped).
 
Supposedly if you press one of the other fire buttons (the working fire button I think is B??) then it can take out the joystick port. I don't know whether I believe it or not, but I used an adapter as it allows software to use all the buttons.

I hadn't heard this story, and I've used a Sega Genesis (what us Weird Americans call the Megadrive) controller on my Amiga.  Yeah, just the B button works.

I should look up what wires need to be swapped for the few games that support a two button controller.

slaapliedje