| From: | Nicholaus Darley-Jones |
| Date: | 4 Apr 2001 at 00:40:01 |
| Subject: | Re: Zombie Amiga |
Hello Nuno
On 03-Apr-01, you wrote:
> Help!My Amiga stopped working.The symptoms are the following
[snip]
> It worked OK for 3/4 months,then this started happening. I sent the
> computer to my local shop,they said it was the motherboard at fault,so now
> I'm waiting for a new one.But I'm fearing that something might be causing
> the malfunction and does it again with the new motherboard. I'm resigned
> to be without it for some time,but wouldn't want the same thing to happen
> again.As anyone had a similar problem?Any possible causes?
Sounds like a 'power supply unit' problem. Got a voltage tester handy?
Test to see that the correct voltages are comming from the PSU. The
yellow wire should give you +12v, and the red +5v (I think)
I would test this first before blaming the motherboard.
Regards
Nick
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