Path: utzoo!utgpu!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!erd From: erd@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Ethan R. Dicks) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga Subject: My Amiga never warm starts anymore Keywords: A1000 Kickstart reset Message-ID: <20775@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 26 Aug 88 13:09:36 GMT Organization: The Ohio State University Dept of Computer and Information Science Lines: 35 [ Eat THIS, lousy line ea.... I _just_ got my Amiga back from the shop yesterday, when I noticed a strange quirk: every time the machine wants to do a reboot ( Ctrl A-A or GURU), the cold start proceedure is performed (music, blinking light, and the Kickstart hand). I sent it to the shop, when I improperly applied a Daughter card PAL upgrade ( A word to the wise: ALWAYS use a temperature controlled, grounded soldering station). I sent the busted machine to SPIRIT, from whom I purchased a memory card and the PAL upgrade. They were very helpful and generous; I paid shipping both ways ($30) and for parts (two other PALs on the daughter card - $20) and that was all. The repair took 3 months because they could not get a PAL from D5 associates, and finally got them from Commodore. However, now, when I try to reset the machine, it asks me for a Kickstart disk. The machine performs flawlessly (I have _no_ expansion devices on it right now, for testing purposes), but having to reinsert the Kickstart disk frequently is a bother (normally I do it about once a month) Does anyone have any hints or tips? The PALs have been replaced (locations J, K, L and N), and they are well grounded. BTW, please reply via E-mail. I have been on vacation for 3 weeks and have managed to cut the entire News backlog to 500 comp.sys.amiga articles. It might take me a week to catch up. Thanks in advance, -ethan -- Ethan R. Dicks | ###### This signifies that the poster is a member in A.C.T | ## good sitting of Inertia House: Bodies at rest. 4320 Tuller Road | ## Dublin OH 43017-9502 | ###### "You get it, you're closer."