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- From: Snowy@studbox.uni-stuttgart.de (Nicholas Stallard)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications,comp.sys.amiga.misc,comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: What does a YELLOW screen crash indicate? :?(
- Date: 8 Apr 1996 04:12:53 GMT
- Organization: Informatik, Uni Stuttgart, Germany
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- Chris Appleton had the following to say about Re: What does a YELLOW screen crash indicate? :?( ..
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- CA> Hey, Robert Owen Raine, you mumbled somthing about Re: What does a YELLOW
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- CA> screen crash indicate? :?( on 01-Apr-96 21:57:12?
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- CA> But this is only during the self-check period. The screen can go any
- CA> colour when you reset (depends upon current palatte?) but only a colour
- CA> during the check period (i.e. when you release reset keys or power-led
- CA> comes back up bright) means anything. But yes, in this case it is a
- CA> software exception, or a error before checking routines were bought in.
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- jsut to make things clear what the bootup colours mean :)
- (at least on my a5oo but i suppose it works for all other amigas too :)
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- normal colours:
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- darkgrey -> Processor working (means it is okay)
- lightgrey -> ROM checksum correct
- white -> enough ram available (minimum 256kb)
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- Error indication colours:
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- green -> Chip Ram Error
- yellow -> Processor Exception
- red -> ROM checksum Error
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- keyboard led (the capslock one :) )
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- x-times means :)
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- 3 -> internal timer failure
- 4 -> shortcut in the matrix of the keyboard
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- cya
- Nicholas
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