Path: utzoo!utgpu!watserv1!ria!uwovax!4225_5105
From: 4225_5105@uwovax.uwo.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: A500 resets itself
Message-ID: <5260.25f792df@uwovax.uwo.ca>
Date: 9 Mar 90 16:26:23 GMT
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In article <1291@carroll1.cc.edu>, plonka@carroll1.cc.edu (Dave Plonka) writes:
> 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 sounds like you need a new power supply.  I had the same problem until I
got an 200 Watt AT power supply and wired it in.

> 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.
> 
Depending on the drives that you have 2 externals and AMAX may be too much for
you power supply.  Running just the 1010 drive would overheat my power supply.

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

When the caps-lock light flashes the keyboard self test has failed.

john