Thats the exact same error that was reported on the mtec card with the battery problem. Try the battery some more. I am 99% certain this is the cause of the woes.
Giving up.
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Now it's just black screen. I can still hear the hard disk going though.
I just accidentally snapped off the battery. Bugger.
EDIT: Reinserted the card, now it s just giving a light blue on the TV. removing it again gives me kickstart screen.
I just accidentally snapped off the battery. Bugger.
EDIT: Reinserted the card, now it s just giving a light blue on the TV. removing it again gives me kickstart screen.
I really think its a connection issue. Best to leave it now and come back later. The battery can be soldered back on thats pretty straight forward or it can run without.
When you come back try cleaning the simm contacts too then let it dry properly before you switch it back on there is no way you could have cleaned it and let it dry between those posts.
You will kill it 100% at this rate.
Steve.
When you come back try cleaning the simm contacts too then let it dry properly before you switch it back on there is no way you could have cleaned it and let it dry between those posts.
You will kill it 100% at this rate.
Steve.
Kickstart screen is promising, it means your Amiga isn't dead. Snapped off battery is no big deal. It means you won't have a clock until such time as you solder on a new battery (If you even care enough about the clock to bother)
I'd definitely give the accelerator a good clean with some IPA (Isopropyl Alcohol -- You can get it at Maplin's; or I believe car screen wash will do just as well). Make sure you do the trapdoor edge connector and inside the trapdoor too.
If you can also take some hi-res photos of the accelerator and post 'em up here, we might be able to advise what's likely to be wrong with the card. Worth a try, neh?
This is a seperate Amiga motherboard, the one that had the roms reseated (was wasagi's) is still dead.
I've cleaned and dried the connector on the 1200, but not the accelerator. I dunno how I'm ment to get a cotton bud/peice of tissue/etc in that stupid slot.
oh:I'd use a bristly brush. My weapon of choice is a half-inch-wide paintbrush, but others have had similar successes with a toothbrush. Zetr0 swears by his electric toothbrush for this sort of task.
I used a bonus card (credit card style), with a piece of cloth wrapped around the edge and some contact cleaner.
The cutout is so you can clean the small side also.
It worked for me, I had a accelerator doing the same thing, (Red screens, sometimes yellow, alot of black), and cleaning the female side worked to correct the problems. I still had to remove it and clean it every 3 or 4 months or so, but the connector on that one had a large amount of corrosion (The pins were actually green) on it.
Later,
dabone
The cutout is so you can clean the small side also.
It worked for me, I had a accelerator doing the same thing, (Red screens, sometimes yellow, alot of black), and cleaning the female side worked to correct the problems. I still had to remove it and clean it every 3 or 4 months or so, but the connector on that one had a large amount of corrosion (The pins were actually green) on it.
Later,
dabone
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1230 high res shots:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FXE8LRIZ
1230 high res shots:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=FXE8LRIZ
reading this and knowing you from amiga.org i must comment!There are no CHEAP and GOOD parachute like Clarkson (top gear) said!
It is the same with everything else in life! For quality
you must pay this way or the other, i payed for my Amiga
1200hd a price like a used 5 year old city car so do NOT expect for me to sell my Amiga cheap !!!
My Amiga2000 price was double of that - remember
you are buying CHEAP so all of that bad stuff happening
to you is "normal", get used to it or buy a BRAND NEW amiga1200, very simple!
Here at amibay you have people willing to help so GL with your repair
He is saying that "You get what you pay for"; you buy cheap, you should expect problems.
Please, let's not start descending in to a flame war in this thread, as we are getting somewhere regarding getting H-L's accelerator working again.
Please, let's not start descending in to a flame war in this thread, as we are getting somewhere regarding getting H-L's accelerator working again.
I didn't "buy cheap"...
Far from it. I halved my bank account to buy this computer + turbo board.
At any rate, swapping the motherboard from the crap 1200 has got the good one working again. That still leaves me with a paperwight 1200 and mtec card. I'm going to box them both up and send them to whoever wants a go fixing them. Seen anything unusual with the pictures I uploaded?
Far from it. I halved my bank account to buy this computer + turbo board.
At any rate, swapping the motherboard from the crap 1200 has got the good one working again. That still leaves me with a paperwight 1200 and mtec card. I'm going to box them both up and send them to whoever wants a go fixing them. Seen anything unusual with the pictures I uploaded?
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@ Hell_Labs
I can't access the Megaupload images - ' file not currently available'..??
I'd be happy to take a look at the board and Mtec if you want, and solder a new coin battery holder onto it.
I can't access the Megaupload images - ' file not currently available'..??
I'd be happy to take a look at the board and Mtec if you want, and solder a new coin battery holder onto it.
@Merlin my old M-Tec when I first got it wouldn't boot and after I reseated it I got the same red screen as H-L's describes (i.e defective) And then the reboot with no Ram showing.
I removed cleaned the Sim Socket Contacts and Connector Contacts with IPA, put the Turbo Card back in and hey presto - good as new. Had no problems after that.
Steve.
@ Steve
I agree, however as Hell_Labs hasn't the soldering equipment to fit a new battery holder, I have offered to take a look at it for him. As you say, it's highly likely that it is repairable.
I agree, however as Hell_Labs hasn't the soldering equipment to fit a new battery holder, I have offered to take a look at it for him. As you say, it's highly likely that it is repairable.
Yep if you can fit a new battery holder at the same time that awesome and why I love this forum
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