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- From: bull@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
- Subject: Re: : Green Screen A500? Bad RAM? Help!
- Message-ID: <1992Nov11.215133.90572@vaxc.cc.monash.edu.au>
- Date: 11 Nov 92 10:51:33 GMT
- References: <boozer.05zb@arb.uucp> <1992Nov11.125502.165074@dstos3.dsto.gov.au>
- Organization: Computer Centre, Monash University, Australia
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- bennett@dstos3.dsto.gov.au writes:
- > In article <boozer.05zb@arb.uucp>, boozer@arb.uucp (Chris Griffin) writes:
- >>
- >> I have found that the green screen means a bad chip in the custom chip set.
- >> Probably the fat agnus. This chip is pretty cheap and plentiful.
-
- It doesn't always mean the chip has a fault. It can mean that the chip
- is simply loose in the socket, and needs to be re-seated. 5 minutes work could
- save you from buying something you don't need to buy.
-
- > I just realised - these diagnostic colours on startup aren't much help to
- > someone with a mono screen ;-)
-
- Yep.
-
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