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Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« on: March 12, 2007, 01:52:50 PM »
Hi

My Amiga One is in a rare case.
Previously I post on the ASB-Computer threadAnd I only
got one response.

The thing is that I have it working until I power off and
disconnected the cables.Then I connected again and doesn`t
seem to work.This was a month and a half ago.

And now I checked the tower from inside and I see a green light on the CPU so it seems to work.The machine gives noise too and the X-Arcade joystick seems to work too,as
it has a red light.

They try to change the graphics card on a PC shop near to my house but the monitor doesn`t power on neither with the new ATI Radeon card.

So I need help,Anybody knows how to get it working my machine again ?

Thanks in advance.


Amiga 500 1 MB
Amiga 1300,Blizzard 030/50 Mhz,32 MB RAM,etc...
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CD 32
Amiga One PPC G3 800 Mhz,Seagate HD 200 GB,NEC DVD-RW,LG DVD-ROM,256 MB RAM,PixelView TV Card,Soundblaster 128,ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB,X-Arcade double for xMAME,OS 4.0  ...
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #1 on: March 12, 2007, 02:54:06 PM »
Could be a dead battery? Weirdly enough the AmigaOne won't boot if the battery is dead...

Try replacing it with a new one! :)
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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #2 on: March 12, 2007, 03:11:04 PM »
Thanks stianstr

Maybe the battery... well,but where is the battery?

The battery is not the PSU,no?

If I could find where is the battery maybe I could replace it or give it a try on a electronic repair center near my
house.
Amiga 500 1 MB
Amiga 1300,Blizzard 030/50 Mhz,32 MB RAM,etc...
(on repair)
CD 32
Amiga One PPC G3 800 Mhz,Seagate HD 200 GB,NEC DVD-RW,LG DVD-ROM,256 MB RAM,PixelView TV Card,Soundblaster 128,ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB,X-Arcade double for xMAME,OS 4.0  ...
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #3 on: March 12, 2007, 04:06:02 PM »
It's here:



The battery is (AFAIK) of type:
CR2032 which is pretty common in PCs.
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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #4 on: March 12, 2007, 05:52:57 PM »
I agree with the rest.. It is most likely the battery.
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #5 on: March 12, 2007, 06:02:53 PM »
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by Ivanhoe on 2007/3/12 17:11:04

Thanks stianstr

Maybe the battery... well,but where is the battery?

The battery is not the PSU,no?


and that was the last we heard from this one, he electricuted the amigaone and hilm self while trying to fix the problem... rip...
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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #6 on: March 12, 2007, 09:51:23 PM »
Ha ha... no I don´t feel electrified yet.

Thank you guy for the Amiga One CPU scheme it´s very helpful.

My Amiga One G3 is now on the repair center and
now I will wait one more week to see if they can fix it.

If not anybody knows another Amiga dealer on Spain or near
Spain?

I live near France so maybe there is a chance to repair outside Spain.

The only Amiga shop I know on Spain is ASB-Computer... :idea:
Amiga 500 1 MB
Amiga 1300,Blizzard 030/50 Mhz,32 MB RAM,etc...
(on repair)
CD 32
Amiga One PPC G3 800 Mhz,Seagate HD 200 GB,NEC DVD-RW,LG DVD-ROM,256 MB RAM,PixelView TV Card,Soundblaster 128,ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB,X-Arcade double for xMAME,OS 4.0  ...
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #7 on: March 12, 2007, 10:45:45 PM »
AmigaCenter is in France.
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #8 on: March 13, 2007, 12:23:28 PM »
I need to get round to changing mine - I bought one about 6 months ago, and havent got round to it yet !
getting irritating too, it took about 4 goes of switching the PSU off, back on, pressing the case power button, and hearing the HDD and CD whirr and clunk respectively, before watching the monitor to see if there was any output.

oh- nitpick moment, thats an SE motherboard, not an XE !
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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #9 on: March 13, 2007, 01:52:56 PM »
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My Amiga One G3 is now on the repair center and
now I will wait one more week to see if they can fix it.

Why did you not try replacing the battery before doing that? And is this repair center specialized in Amigas? If not, then they wont know what to do and might do more harm than good, since PC's does not have this problem when batteries run out.
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #10 on: March 13, 2007, 02:47:55 PM »
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PC's does not have this problem when batteries run out.

The only case I've ever heard of battery running out with PC was with a motherboard that had a manufacturing defect (one diode was reversed, and the battery wasn't charged properly).

The motherboards got replaced for free.
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #11 on: March 13, 2007, 03:21:17 PM »
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The only case I've ever heard of battery running out with PC was with a motherboard that had a manufacturing defect (one diode was reversed, and the battery wasn't charged properly).


I only had that happening once on an old PC which had been in use for roughly 7 years. On the AmigaOnes, some are changing batteries like others their underwear.  :lol:
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #12 on: March 13, 2007, 03:36:44 PM »
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Piru wrote:
The only case I've ever heard of battery running out with PC was with a motherboard that had a manufacturing defect (one diode was reversed, and the battery wasn't charged properly).


Well then I have another case for you. I recently had to replace the battery in my Asus A7v mainboard which is some estimated 4 years old. And it is not a rechargeable type, IIRC it was also an ordinary CR2032.
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #13 on: March 13, 2007, 04:23:52 PM »
OK I apreciatte the comments of everyone,but why the batteries run out on the Amiga Ones and not on the PCs?

I suppose I can get a new battery of the type CR2032 on a computer center or similar.

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.

Anyway I trust on the repair center.The repair center is not specific of Amiga or PC is more like a center that repairs
computers,videos,TVs,etc..

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.

Amiga 500 1 MB
Amiga 1300,Blizzard 030/50 Mhz,32 MB RAM,etc...
(on repair)
CD 32
Amiga One PPC G3 800 Mhz,Seagate HD 200 GB,NEC DVD-RW,LG DVD-ROM,256 MB RAM,PixelView TV Card,Soundblaster 128,ATI Radeon 7000 64 MB,X-Arcade double for xMAME,OS 4.0  ...
 

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Re: Amiga One rare case of disfunctioning
« Reply #14 on: March 13, 2007, 04:33:58 PM »
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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.