CompuServe Thread

#Green screen crash?

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#29601From: Donovan WattsOct 25, 1992 2:04 PM
What does it mean if a program crashes my system in this way: My power light starts flashing and then a greenish screen appears then disappears over and over again. I must turn off the computer via the power switch to get it to reboot. I have an Amiga 3000/16, 10 megs ram.
#29613From: Vic WagnerOct 25, 1992 7:13 PM
DonovaN, Do you have the 2.04 ROMs in the machine? Or are you still getting the kickstart from the HD? Occasionally I trash enough of the machine that I must intervene with the Vulcan Nerve Pinch, but rarely have to power off then on. I _do_ seem to remember that happening more often earlier tho, before 2.04 'stabilized'.
#29623From: Donovan WattsOct 25, 1992 8:59 PM
No I don't have the 2.04 ROMs in the machine. I'm getting the kickstart from the HD. It is just one program that I am beta testing that causes this problem though.
#29625From: Lee OlsenOct 25, 1992 11:31 PM
A green screen? According to the information I have, a green screen means that there is an error in Chip ram? What that could mean, might be the Fat/Super Agnus chip has become partially unseated or the ram chips have become unseated. You might try reseating them yourself or have your dealer do it for you. If you do it yourself, be sure and ground yourself, you don't want to zap any chips with static electricity. // Lee Olsen / Orlando, FL – on AutoPilot \X/
#29650From: Donovan WattsOct 26, 1992 11:47 AM
Thanks, I'll try reseating them.
#29634From: Joanne DowOct 26, 1992 2:46 AM
Oh – another sick daughter card. I have that as a problem, also. I have not been able to trace it down to a specific thing on the daughter card alas and alack. Just now it is working. It is sensitive to vibration and lesser sensitive to heat. That is why I suspect a cracked trace or something equally insidious. {@_@}
#29651From: Donovan WattsOct 26, 1992 12:36 PM
Ugh.