Amiga 2000 help/info needed.

From: Teo Zenios <teoz_at_neo.rr.com>
Date: Thu Jun 24 05:23:10 2004

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From: "David Vohs" <netsurfer_x1_at_fastmailbox.net>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 2004 3:04 AM
Subject: Amiga 2000 help/info needed.


> I just today acquired an apparently stock Amiga 2000. Unfortunately, I
> have no boot disk for it & it has no hard drive. I cannot get it to show
> the "Insert Disk" animation (does it even have this?). The screen
> flashes between gray & white.
>
> My apologies for the stupid questions, but Amigas are new animals to me!
>

      Normal boot up color sequences:
        a.. dark gray
        initial hardware & cpu test passed o.k.
        b.. light gray
        initial software passed o.k.
        c.. white
        ram tested, system starts up.
      Error occurred when screen color is:
        a.. red
        rom error, replace or re-seat kickstart rom(s)
        b.. green
        chip ram error
        c.. blue
        custom chip(s) error
        d.. yellow
        68000 detected error before software trapped it, check coldcapture,
expect a guru
        e.. blank screen
        whilst running & resulting in a1000 kickstart prompt, indicating
that programmable logic array chips are being overloaded, and are of the
inferior type


Did you pop the cover off to see what's going on inside? If you have a
processor upgrade board that's not installed correctly (or has failed) you
will not boot. A leaking battery could have eaten into the motherboard also
causing damage.
While your taking a peek inside for loose cards make a note of all devices
plugged into the machine along with the BIOS chip revisions and motherboard
revisions, these will come handy later on when you are looking for OS disks.
Received on Thu Jun 24 2004 - 05:23:10 BST