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From: plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: A500 resets itself
Message-ID: <1291@carroll1.cc.edu>
Date: 9 Mar 90 07:08:41 GMT
Reply-To: plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka)
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My Amiga 500 has become very tempermental lately. It just RESETS itself.
very similarly to a CTRL-AMIGA-AMIGA.
Sometimes it will happen 5 times in 10 minutes, other times it has been on
for hours straight with no problems.
It doesn't seem to be related to heat generation, since it is just as
likely to reset just after being turned on as it is hours later.
Also, power load doesn't seem to affect it. I've run w/2 external drives and
AMax w/no immediate problems.

NOW, the important part (hopefully),
When it reboots after the reset, the CAPS-lock light is on, and can't be
shut off. Also the keyboard is disabled.
Sometimes the CAPS-lock light will flash regularly, and continuously.

WHAT DOES THIS MEAN? 
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(I don't have access to another power supply, but if I have reason to
beleive that's the problem, I'll buy a 3rd party one.)

So, is the CAPS-lock light flashing some sort of chip-fault message to me
or what?

Thanks for ANY help.
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