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   Message 416 of 2,243   
   DENNIS SMITH to DAVID L. STEVENS   
   Re: My A2K died :"   
   16 Sep 03 22:45:00   
   
   Hi David,   
   At 11:21 AM on 13 Sep 03, David L. Stevens said to All:   
      
   DLS> Neil Williams wrote:   
      
   DLS> >Hi,   
   DLS> > On Monday August 11 2003, Dennis Smith said to ALL:   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> > DS>         If there ever was a reason for getting an AmigaOne, I got   
   DLS> one!!   
   DLS> > DS> My '020 A2K died last night. Does anyone remember what the purple   
   DLS> > DS> screen of doom signifies? I know it's a motherboard failure, but   
   DLS> what?   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> >I had something similar on an A500 - try pressing down on each of the   
   DLS> >socketed chips, they may have worked loose.   
   [...]   
   DLS> >One option is to swap components between these two A2000s - either to   
   DLS> locate   
   DLS> >the fault, or to bring your old machine up to the spec of the other   
   DLS> one :)   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> > DS> I'm thinking of letting SoftHut do the repairs. Should I fix or   
   DLS> not   
   DLS> > DS> will depend on estimate. Any info will helpful...   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> >As you're getting some action from the machine, it sounds like only   
   DLS> one   
   DLS> >component is bad. I'd expect a repair to be cheap(ish).   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> >   
   DLS> And try swapping the two CIA chips. They are identical but are   
   DLS> connected differently and perform   
   DLS> different functions. Sometimes swapping them works.   
      
   Thanks for that idea!! But, it didn't change anything. I get one 'Caps   
   Lock' light flash and trying to bootup. Is that normal?   
      
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   Mozilla on the AmigaOne is nice too!. Better might be Amozilla! =:o   
   I'm looking forward to IBrowse 2.3 in OS4. :)     
   :Dennis   
      
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