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From: justin@computing-maths.cardiff.ac.uk (Justin R Shuttleworth)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Amiga 1000 Harddisk woes ...
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Date: 22 Aug 90 10:48:51 GMT
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Posted for a colleague:

System: Amiga 1000 (UK) + Vortex 40Mb hard disk
Fault: Sometimes system boots OK, but on other occasions power-up
just causes the pilot light to flash fairly regularly at about
six times a second.  No Kickstart screen appears - the monitor stays
blank.  Sans hard disk, the system *never* fails to work OK, but the
pilot light flashes a few times before settling down.

Anybody got any ideas as to why this may happen?

Anybody in the UK got recommendations/warnings about hardware repair
shops for the Amiga?

Thanks for any advice,

-Justin

justin@cm.cf.ac.uk
justin@cf-cm
shuttleworth@cf.ac.uk