Subj : Re: My A2K died :\
To   : DENNIS SMITH
From : Rene Laederach
Date : Sun Sep 14 2003 18:32:06

DENNIS SMITH wrote to ALL:

DS> Checked again without Merlin gfx card. No good. Removed all the cards!
DS> No good -- I even got winking power light. The PSU is OK. Anyone got 
DS> some experiece in any of this?

IIRC a purple screen is some broken chip RAM, but it would be interesting to
know how many times the power led blinks so we can tell what might be broken 
as
well.

What I would try is to remove and reinsert all socketed chips to see if this
rubs away the layer of oxidation that accumulated over the years.

DS> So, I using my old WB2.1 A2K. It has problems, but it bootsup! :)
DS> I'm writing this with CynusED v4.2 and Q-Blue v2.4 =:o Eeks, I fell
DS> into time warp.  

The good old CED! I should give it a try again, but I've become too spoiled 
by
Emacs on a Unix boxen. But then, I preferred GoldED anyway. However, I could
not think about using a diskette-only Amiga system...

DS> I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or not
DS> will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...

If it involves soldering the motherboard, it's a love question, because the
cost will be high. What I suggest is to for the the AmigaOne. As I'm 
currently
planning to do. Else, go Linux and get UAE.




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