#Dead A1000 🙁
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I have a friend with a dead A1000. The symptoms are:
1) On initial power up, it never goes beyond a grey screen.
2) Soft booting will then get it past the grey screen, but doesn't always
come up with the kickstart icon.
3) When the kickstart icon does show up, it doesn't always read the disk
drive, and it exibits random reboots, even when it is reading the kickstart
diskette.
She is in San Diego, I am in Seattle, so I do not have many more details of
the problem…. We have made sure that all the chips are seated, but that
didn't help much. I will probally send her my spare A500, but it would be
nice to get the A1000 running again…… It doesn't use the same PIO chips
as the A500/A2000 does it? (or, is it the PIA I am thinking of? Two chips
per Amiga?) If it does, I can send her those, as I have a spare set….
Also, assuming I send her my A500, can she use her old monitor and mouse?
All help appreciated!
Karl
Karl,
Does your friend's A1000 have the PAL grounding modification?
The A1000 does use the same 8520's that the A500/A2000. The usual way to
check them is to swap them in the machine and see if the symptoms change.
If so, at least one of them is bad.
The monitor will be fine. The mouse will work electrically, but, if it
has a 90-degree plug on it, your friend might need to experiment with
different physical arrangements.
David