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From: armhold@topaz.rutgers.edu (George Armhold)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: 500 power light blinks (system dying?)
Keywords: on-off, off long time, back on, guru.
Message-ID: <Jan.22.18.27.08.1989.616@topaz.rutgers.edu>
Date: 22 Jan 89 23:27:14 GMT
Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J.
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While formatting a disk with Money Mentor 2.0, my Amiga 500 suddenly
crashed. The power light blinked off and STAYED OFF for a few seconds
(not the usually dim/bright blinking that accompanies a re-boot.) Then
the light blinked rapidly, then the screen went dark. Then some
garbage came up on the black screen along with some strange noises.
Then a guru (forgot to write down the number.) I then resetted it by
clicking the left button. Workbench booted normally. What's goin'
on?!?!? This machine isn't even a month old. Is this evidence of a
loose Fat Agnus? Could this power light deal happen by means of a
corrupt piece of software or is it definately a hardware problem? (I'm
pretty sure that one can blink or turn off the power light by some
programming method, no?)  Is this another case of Commodore 'quality
control' again? I'm really sick of it you know...(This is my second
500.)

-GEA