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From: nfs1675@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil ( Michael S Figg)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Re: A2000 HD controllers opions and or help
Summary: More Info
Keywords: HD Controllers HardDrive AutoBoot
Message-ID: <2037@dsacg3.dsac.dla.mil>
Date: 10 Apr 90 18:34:43 GMT
References: <2035@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil>
Organization: Defense Logistics Agency Systems Automation Center, Columbus
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In article <2035@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil>, nfs1675@dsacg2.dsac.dla.mil (Michael Figg) writes:
> I'm possibly looking for a new A2000 HD controller. I've got an autobooting
> Kronos/2000 that doesn't boot. I haven't pulled the board yet to see if the
> 2000 itself is alright but it appears that the controller isn't letting the
> machine even try to boot from dh0: or floppy. I get a dark screen and a few 
> accesses to the hard drive (ST277N-1) but no access light on HD comes on. Same

One major thing I forgot to mention here is that the times I've had problems
with autobooting is after it appears that the system has locked up and always
when I'm not using it. I'm wondering if the dark screen is the screen blanker
(dmouse, old version). I've also noticed that the regular grey shades checks
when booting are before any disk activity. When I have the autobooting 
problem the screen stays in this dark screen and then sounds like it does 
alittle disk activity but doesn't continue. This leads me to believe that the
problem might not be the controller.

					      Mike,


					    

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