Amiga 500+ question

[Spencer]

Hi all,

Last evening i bought a 2nd hand Amiga 500+ with the tv adaptor and a monitor, several mice and joysticks and some software.

About 12 years ago i sold my a500 and everything that came with it (stupid thing to do of course)

Anyway, i bought the A500+ because it was dirt cheap but there is something wrong with it ... the green power LED doesn't give a constant green glow but it blinks and the diskdrive doesn't boot up disks when inserted. Does anyone have a clue what might be wrong with it ?

I have another A600 system on my mind and the plan is to make one proper working system from those 2, but if i could save the poor A500+ that'd be bonus of course.

So, blinking power led and doesn't boot disks, anyone ?

Thank you very much in advance.

Spencer, Belgium

[Brian]

Blinking powerled = hardware failure of some sort. Does it display a single colored screen with that?

[Spencer]

Brian,

Thanks for the response. I don't know yet because the seller set it up with the monitor but the monitor cable was busted. I'm hooking it up to my television this evening.

Are there things i can check inside ? I plan on opening it up anyway and see what the story with dust is.

Spencer

[Spencer]

I have hooked up the Amiga to a monitor now and it gives a green color. That means chip ram, right ?

Any ideas or do i use this one for spare parts ?

[Ilwrath]

I have hooked up the Amiga to a monitor now and it gives a green color. That means chip ram, right ?

Usually.

Personally, I'd open the machine, and carefully re-seat all the socketted chips.  One may have worked loose.  Pay special attention to the 8372A chip, as that would be the Agnus, which controls chip ram, among other things.