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From: paleo@uncecs.edu (Constantine A. LaPasha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: Problem with A2000HD + A2300 genlock - won't boot w/o vid.sig.
Message-ID: <1990Nov1.174106.4358@uncecs.edu>
Date: 1 Nov 90 17:41:06 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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Just recieved shipment of an A2000HD system with an A2300 internal
genlock for use in our lab.  We have just one small problem -- 
can't get the system to boot without supplying an external video
source to the genlock.  -- What gives? -- This does not follow from
the description in the docs, and a collegue who has an A2500/30 with
A2300 genlock has no problem booting without an external video source
(in fact he didn't even know it was in there for about a week after 
he got it).

Seems like a sync problem while trying to boot - power light flashes,
dark grey, light grey screen, then repeat --- never gets to access the
drive.

I heard there was this kind of problem for awhile with the A2300 in
the A3000's but somehow I thought they got that fixed.  Is this the
new and improved version, so that it now acts odd in the 2000 line,
or is this a new FEATURE?  I'd like to get this straightened out
soon since the boss dosen't think too much of needing a video signal
just to get the machine to boot.

Thanks for the help.
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Kostya LaPasha          paleo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
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