Hello There from the UK....

[marcusd666]

Hi all, well after seeing some youtube clips of old amiga games I thought it was about time to get my old amiga out of the loft and see if she still worked!

Well once I found all the cables keyboard, mouse and monitor plugged it all in and switched on just the got the power light flashing oh no its not dead! I started to strip it a part all cards out memory simms then 1/2 can of computer solvent cleaner on all the connectors and plugs she powered up and booted workbench off the hard drive.

Result my old A4000/040 warp engine and Picasso IV is back in the land of the living lol not bad as its been well over 10 years since it was last in use. So I have a lot of catching up to do by the look off it hopefully it will all come back quickly.

Cheers
Marcusd666

[som99]

Welcome Marcusd666! Hope you enjoy Amiga.org!

//som99

[Philophus]

Welcome....make sure you check the battery if it's not already removed.

[marcusd666]

Welcome....make sure you check the battery if it's not already removed.

Thanks for the welcome. the battery is well furry and dead so will remove it soon for a new one.

[ElPolloDiabl]

Hi and welcome,

Why the rotary in your avatar?

[marcusd666]

Hi and welcome,

Why the rotary in your avatar?

thanks for the welcome.
my weekend project is my mazda RX7 FD3 once you have had a rotary engine there is no going back lol.

[amigakit]

Welcome!

[scuzzb494]

Hi

Just a quickie to say I would get the battery off as quickly as possible before you lose the Amiga all together.

scuzz

[marcusd666]

Hi

Just a quickie to say I would get the battery off as quickly as possible before you lose the Amiga all together.

scuzz

Can you run without the battery?

[som99]

Can you run without the battery?

Yes you can! Tho clock and date has to be set everytime you start your amiga (if you want/care) and all files edited/created will allways have the same annoying date

But other then that it will work just fine

[spirantho]

Yes you can! Tho clock and date has to be set everytime you start your amiga (if you want/care) and all files edited/created will allways have the same annoying date

But other then that it will work just fine

My 4000 has been running without a battery for ages - it just runs FACTS (http://www.unsatisfactorysoftware.co.uk/index.php?pg=facts) when it connects to the net!

Get that battery out ASAP though! It'll kill your motherboard!

[RussellB]

Can you run without the battery?

If your Amiga has an internet connection you can set the time using the program Facts which will set the time for you.

[Philophus]

That green "fur" will eat into the motherboard and surrounding components.
 
Cut the old battery off and clean the surrounding area well.

[scuzzb494]

Can you run without the battery?

No problem really.. In fact I have my A4000 on the internet so every time I fire her up I connect to the atomic clock and it auto updates the time anyway.

I always remove batteries from Amigas now. It is just too risky. You will lose the mouse otherwise and then the motherboard will fall apart. It runs down underneath and causes even worse probs you cant see. Very sad...

Here is an A4000 I rescued

http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com/amiga/amiga_scuzz201.htm

I generally just rock the battery back and forth till it snaps off.. Ever so gently... Here is the more professional way...

http://www.tekniikka.oamk.fi/~archy/a4kbattery/

Better to remove the battery than lose a valuable computer...

scuzz
http://www.commodore-amiga-retro.com

[marcusd666]

thanks for the advice I will remove the battery tomorrow when I was  cleaning everything be for I got it to work again. The battery was furry  but could not see anything on the main board.