Can someone please help me

[music_liker]

I just purchased an Amiga 500 plus for cheap with heaps of extras and the 1084 s monitor.
I  am keen to get some music tracking going but I'm having major issues setting the  computer up with the monitor, I connect the monitor but no signal. The  screeen is whitey/grey when turned on and remains that way when the A500  is turned on. The end of the cable which connects to the monitor is  missing pins so this could be the issue but I have tried connecting the  monitor via the monochrome output and still  no joy. There is a chance i  connected the mono output wrong? what should the configuration be to  set this up properly? I have also tried using an rca to connect the monochrome output to the standard video input on the AV in of a TV, the TV recognised something was happening but nothing displayed.
 I really hope the problem is more monitor than it  is console.
Any help would be appreciated  big time.
I should also mention that when i turn the power on the power LED lights  up but the disk light is not on or flashing? not sure if this is  normal?

[bloodline]

When turned on, the Amiga should wait for a floppy disk... The disk drive will click every few seconds (that's just the system checking for a disk insertion)... If you don't hear the floppy drive click, very likely there is something wrong with the computer.

[music_liker]

Thanks heaps for the quick response, when i turn it on, the disk drive (or maybe harddrive) clicks once and the caps lock key flashes but no more clicking after that? oh maaaan, so I probably have a dud?

[b41d3r]

I'm not expert but maybe my solved case exposed here could help you :

http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=59748

Bye.

[gertsy]

Thanks heaps for the quick response, when i turn it on, the disk drive (or maybe harddrive) clicks once and the caps lock key flashes but no more clicking after that? oh maaaan, so I probably have a dud?

Possibly.  The flashing means something. Count the number of flashes and note them down. One flash is normal.

[bloodline]

Thanks heaps for the quick response, when i turn it on, the disk drive (or maybe harddrive) clicks once and the caps lock key flashes but no more clicking after that? oh maaaan, so I probably have a dud?

Very unlikely to be a hard drive, there is very little space inside the A500 and there is no IDE interface (though one can easily be hacked onto the CPU socket).

Power light should go bright and dim, but not cycle... Try putting a disk in the drive and see if it boots

[music_liker]

thanks b41d3r, I tried holding the 2 mouse buttons on startup but no  love. I noticed your problem was with an A1200 Is there perhaps a  different method to access the A500 setup menu? I've also noticed that  the monitor flashes when the commodore is turned on so they are talking  to each other in some way.

gertsy, the caps lock key flashes once, I assume this is a good thing, signs of life even?

@bloodline, yea woops harddrive was a bit of a rookie call by me. Yeah I've tried putting a disk in, but again, no love.

[b41d3r]

I don't know if someone else can give you the keys sequence at startup.
As for me, I recall that there was some fuzz on screen when I pressed a key on keyboard of if clicked with mouse buttons. Is it your case ?
If yes, you're probably in the same situation Iwas.

[b41d3r]

I've just read on wikipedia that amiga 500 + is running a kickstart 2.0 and should be able to recognize the sequence of keys you clicked.
Sounds strange.

[music_liker]

Hmmm, I didn't notice any fuzz when pressing keys or clicking the mouse, I just tried booting with another random disk and I could hear the disk drive reading it? it almost sounded like the drive did something else when i clicked the mouse but maybe I'm being too optimistic.

[bloodline]

Hmmm, I didn't notice any fuzz when pressing keys or clicking the mouse, I just tried booting with another random disk and I could hear the disk drive reading it? it almost sounded like the drive did something else when i clicked the mouse but maybe I'm being too optimistic.

If the disk was recognised and something loaded, then this is a good thing... What you need to do now is connect the A500 to a TV... I think the monitor is duff (or some setting is off).

[music_liker]

I tried connecting the A500 to a TV via the mono output and the video in (RCA) but nothing, although, I know my TV recognised some type of signal because the green AV logo on the TV screen faded when I turned the A500 on, and returned when the A500 was switched off. It does this with DVD players etc, the only difference is I can SEE the signal from DVD players. I just wanna see this bad-boy work .

[b41d3r]

Yes, I think too you should isolate the problem and try the mouse trick with a connection to tv. Hoping that your mouse has no problem !

[music_liker]

I tried the mouse trick with a connection to the TV, i used two different mice which came in the bundle but no result.

[music_liker]

Just to make sure; I'm supposed to hold the two buttons down before I switch the power on then switch the power on while I'm still holding them down? is this right?