Super Hot kickstart roms

Hi all,

Is it normal for kickstart roms to get super hot after a few seconds? If not any ideas what may be causing this?

It's not normal...
Check +5V line, but I don't think it's the reason.
Are there original mask ROM or EPROMS?

i once plugged a kickstart rom in back to front and it got hot and smoked within around 30 seconds

Upon investigation the roms are plugged in the wrong end of the socket!

Yes, this is the only explanation - they are burned and dead instantly if inserted incorrectly.

Instantly dead?

That doesnt sound good :(

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Whats the minimum thats needs to be connected before an A1200 mobo will boot?

i would imagine, scart/rf to see bootscreen & power?
however if no floppy drive is connected booting will usually take longer so you may need to give it a good 5 mins

About 30 sec if nothing is connecter (no HDD, turbo board, ..).
But the chances that ROM's survived are less than 1e-9999999999 :(

I have some other ROMS I have tried. Can't get anything out of either of these boards. Buy they were given to me as dead.

@wasagi

I am nearly done with blankstares motherboards that I promised him a while back.

it you want (and pickup return postage) I can have a look at them for you.