| From: | Andy Kinsella |
| Date: | 5 Aug 2000 at 22:08:33 |
| Subject: | Re: Power PC Repairs |
Greetings Gareth
On 04-Aug-00, you wrote:
> ��� Sender: Rauw van Oorsprong <amiga@multiweb.nl> ��� On 04-Aug-00,
> you wrote about Re: [amigactive] Re: Power PC Repairs...
>>> Even the crashes are strange. A normal crash (fatal one) flashes
>>> the Power LED about 4 times and then reboots. The crashes I get
>>> from the PPC are different - it flashes the Power LED once, and
>>> then it stays on it's dimmer state. Then it doesn't do anything
>>> for about 10 seconds, then it reboots and it all begins again.
>> Hmm that sounds like a flashrom problem. tried upgrading/degrading
>> it?
> How can I if I can't boot the machine to access the FlashROM
> upgraders? It crashes as soon as I turn the machine on, before the
> hard drive spins around or the floppy boots, or anything :-((((((( I
> was hoping that would fix it too, but alas poor Yorick, it wasn't to
> be :-/
>
I guess you've tried booting with the PPC disabled (holding the 2
key)? You need to disable the board and your harddrives before
flashing it.
Have you tried just leaving it switched on for a few minutes to see if
it springs into life? I had a blizzard 1260 that needed to be powered
up for more than a few minutes before it would boot reliably
> :-)
> Catch ya later,
> GazChap.
Regards
Andy
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