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- I've really got a very BIG problem. I've posted this message to
- newsnet too, but I'm desperate so I hope you don't mind this mail and
- will have some time to take a look at this too.
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- H H EEEE L PPPP !!
- H H E L P P !!
- HHHH EE L PPPP !!
- H H E L P
- H H EEEE LLL P !!
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- If anybody knows what's going on in my computer please help. I've had
- an Amiga for five years but this something I really can't understand.
-
- Two days ago my Workbench locked up when I activated an icon. The
- mouse won't move anymore, the computer doesn't respond to the
- keyboard, etc.
- It looks as if the system guru's, but when you reset there is no guru
- message.
-
- Describing the problem exactly:
- I double-click on icons, i.e. a disk icon or a drawer icon and after
- a few icon-clicking-actions 0<x<20 (if I'm lucky) nothing happens
- anymore.
- I can still move the mouse but when I click on a drawer for example
- the drawer won't open(the drawer icon stays in the 'pressed'
- position).
- At this position the system semi-hangs. When I move the mouse to
- something else (a depth-gadget a window-bar or something else
- intuition like the screen really freezes(the workbench screen) and
- nothing responds to any input at all.
-
- Here is the frightening part:
- * Everything works well when I activate programms using tools-daemon,
- toolmanager or 'execute command' in the workbench menu. The shell
- works fine too.
- * All my programs run, Amos, Amiga-E, Ed, shell, dir, list, you name
- it. Even from the Workbench if the icon problem doesn't show up to
- fast.
- * The games I've got work as well, all of them.
- * When I empty my WB-startup-drawer and start wb completely 'naked' it
- still hangs after some time.
- * When I run a music tracker on a different screen the music will
- play on.
- The screen output on this screen also continues, but I can't click
- in this screen(system hangs)
-
- Conclusion: The Workbench Software doesn't work, screen output on the
- Workbench screen is locked and all input from keyboard is locked
- either.
- When I insert a floppy-disk the computer will scan it. If the same
- disk(icon) was already present on the workbench screen the drive-led
- will go off after scanning, if it wasn't the drive led stays on.
-
- * My configuration is:
- A500 rev 5. Kickstart 2.04. Workbench 2.1 1 meg CHIP, 2 meg FAST
- GVP A500HD8 52 meg harddisk with a GVP AT286 hardware emulator,
- processor 68010, 512kb chip intern, 512kb chipmemexpansion trapdoor.
-
- I have stripped all the add-ons, Harddisk, AT286, 68010, fast-ram
- 512 kb chipram-extension, etc., doesn't help. I have started WB
- 2.04 from floppy disk, no harddisk and still it doesn't work.
- I've put the Kickstart 1.3 ROM back and started WB 1.3. Guess
- what:it also happens! (No add-ons at all)
-
- Conclusion: something is wrong with the hardware.
-
- As you can see, the experiments contradict each other. It can't be
- the hardware, it can't be the software. Is it me? (It isn't me, when
- someone else operates the computer it also happens :<<< )
-
-
- My only conlusion from these conclusions can be:
-
- A virus
- B corrupt memory
-
- (B can't be true because I've run a mem-checker three times.)
-
- Has anybody had the same problem?, knows what it could be, has a
- suggestion where to look at?
-
- If you know something or have an further question please mail or post,
- I'm really getting sick of this.
- Remember: All the software works, except Workbench Icons, On 2.1 2.04
- and 1.3.
-
-
- Fred van Dijk
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