| From: | Gerald Mellor |
| Date: | 3 Jul 2001 at 20:05:23 |
| Subject: | Re: Slow booting |
Hi Steve, on 03-Jul-01, you wrote:
> Here's the deal, since I put the Amiga in a tower, if I power up
> from cold (and I mean cold - 15 or 20 minutes since I powered down),
> the HD will not boot. I power down and power up again, and the HD is
> recognised, but the keyboard isn't. I power down and up again, and
> both HD and keyboard are recognised. However, this time I get the
> "Insert Disk" screen, and have to soft reboot to get my system up
> and running. After that, it's fine.
>
> If I've had my system on in the last 15 or 20 minutes these problems
> don't materialise.
I don't know what's causing it, but I have the same problems.
Although, looking at your spec, our systems don't have much in common
(A1200, OS3.9, same amount of RAM).
Or perhaps I should say I have similar problems. Usually when I turn
my Amiga on from cold, my HD light flickers as though it's doing
something, but after a few seconds it stops and I'm left with a black
screen. A warm reset usually gets my machine up and running, although
sometimes it can take 2 or 3 resets before anything happens.
The infuriating thing is that it doesn't happen ALL the time,
sometimes everything is fine, and even though it's been happening for
months I have yet to see a real pattern emerge.
Don't think this will help, but at least you know you're not alone ;)
Regards
Gerry
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