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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Aargh!!!
Message-ID: <2423@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 29-Sep-87 03:27:36 EDT
Article-I.D.: cbmvax.2423
Posted: Tue Sep 29 03:27:36 1987
Date-Received: Thu, 1-Oct-87 02:51:29 EDT
References: <884@sjuvax.UUCP>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
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Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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Keywords: Dead Amiga, Help!

In article <884@sjuvax.UUCP> bbanerje@sjuvax.UUCP (B. Banerjee) writes:
> Hi,
> 
> I just took delivery of an A500 yesterday from CMO (Computer Mail
> Orders) in Williamsport PA.
> 
> I unpacked  it, and start  connecting everything up. It  all went
> quite smoothly -- until the acid test .... starting it up.
> 
> According to the manual, I'm supposed  to be getting a picture of
> hand with  a disk in it  -- prompting me to  insert the workbench
> disk. Instead, the 'power' light on the keyboard is flashing, and
> I get a blank green screen  on the monitor. At regular intervals,
> the screen turns  light blue for a few seconds  before going back
> to green.
...
> Anyhow,  I'd  appreciate any  informed  guesses  as to  what  the
> problem is.  My configuration is  A500 + Goofy  looking prismatic
> memory expansion that fits in the bottom (A501?) + 1080 monitor.

It's broken!  Take it back and ask for one that works.  The green screen
indicates a memory problem, probably due to a chip wriggling out of its
socket when the unit was shipped via cement mixer.  This isn't particularly
hard to fix, but if there is a serious problem, better to start with a
clean slate...

-- 
George Robbins - now working for,	uucp: {ihnp4|rutgers|allegra}!cbmvax!grr
but no way officially representing	arpa: out to lunch...
Commodore, Engineering Department	fone: 215-431-9255 (only by moonlite)