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- From: mitcht@alaska.net (Mitch Thompson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: Green Screen
- Date: 7 Jan 1996 06:19:01 GMT
- Organization: Internet Alaska Inc.
- Message-ID: <1518.6579T1244T2092@alaska.net>
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- Hello, Randy Vice,
- > I've just bought a used Supra 28Mhz Turbo. I have have an early model A500,
- > ECS, WB 2.21 with ICD 14Mhz Accelerator and a Base Board RAM belly expansion
- > (4 Megs) and a Expansion Sys SCSI controller with RAM card.
-
- > I've plugged in the Supra and all I get is a green screen that will flash
- > off and then back on again. I've removed both the Option and the Machine
- > jumpers and with the Expansion System controller/RAM card off and I still
- > get the green screen.
-
- > Any suggestions on this one?
-
- > Thanks in advance.
-
- >: damocles@nostromo.gate.net : Bruce Morrow,a man before and after his
- >: time:
- >:"The Constitution shall never be construed to prevent the people of the
- >:: United States who are peaceable citizens from keeping their own arms."
- >: :
- >: - Samual Adams : Morrow Project Science: Postholocaust Party Animals
- >: :
-
- According to THE AMIGA COMPANION, the colors are:
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- Dark Grey = Initial hardware test passed.
- Light Grey = Initial Software test passed.
- White = Final Initialization.
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- Red = A problem found in ROMs.
- Green = Error found in Chip RAM.
- Blue = Error found in custom chips.
- Yellow = 68000 found error before GURU activated.
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- There is also a processor in the keyboard. Its errors flash the CAPS LOCK
- button.
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- One blink = ROM failed.
- Two Blinks = RAM failure.
- Three blinks =Watch dog timer (?) failed.
- Four blinks = A short in the keys.
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- Q: Why did the chicken cross the road?
- Thomas de Torquemada: Give me ten minutes with the chicken and I'll find out.
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