Subj : Re: My A2K died :"
To   : DAVID L. STEVENS
From : DENNIS SMITH
Date : Tue Sep 16 2003 22:45:00

Hi David,
At 11:21 AM on 13 Sep 03, David L. Stevens said to All:

DLS> Neil Williams wrote:

DLS> >Hi,
DLS> > On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:
DLS> >
DLS> > DS>         If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got
DLS> one!!
DLS> > DS> My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple
DLS> > DS> screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but
DLS> what?
DLS> >
DLS> >I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the
DLS> >socketed chips, they may have worked loose.
[...]
DLS> >One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to
DLS> locate
DLS> >the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the other
DLS> one :)
DLS> >
DLS> > DS> I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or
DLS> not
DLS> > DS> will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...
DLS> >
DLS> >As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only
DLS> one
DLS> >component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish).
DLS> >
DLS> >
DLS> >
DLS> And try swapping the two CIA chips. They are identical but are
DLS> connected differently and perform
DLS> different functions. Sometimes swapping them works.

Thanks for that idea!! But, it didn't change anything. I get one 'Caps
Lock' light flash and trying to bootup. Is that normal?

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Mozilla on the AmigaOne is nice too!. Better might be Amozilla! =:o
I'm looking forward to IBrowse 2.3 in OS4. :)  
:Dennis

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