A1000 help

T_hairy_bootson · 20 November 2003, 11:20

One of my A1000s isnt working properly.

If I put a monitor on top of it, it won't boot a floppy (no Kickstart nothing) from the internal drive. It just clicks a couple times, blank white screen and back to the KS hand screen.

Works fine when there is no weight on top.

It does however boot from the extrernal drive as this A1000 has a swap df0: switch installed.

I was gonna open it up and start poking around for dry joints, loose chips and check the floppy but I thought I would ask here to see if anyone has encountered a similar prob.

It is the A1000 without the daughterboard, if that helps.

ant512 · 20 November 2003, 12:06

Sounds like the monitor is bending the case slightly. Chances are it's also bending the floppy drive's case, or applying pressure to the drive spindle (some floppy drives don't have a cover over the bottom of this), which is stopping the motor from spinning.

DrBong · 20 November 2003, 14:30

The A1000's plastic case is quite flimsy, so I'm not surprised that putting a monitor on top of it is disrupting operation, especially if its an old, heavy monitor. Probably can't hurt to look around inside and give it a clean up. I doubt, however, that you will solve the problem completely by just making minor adjustments, although you never know sometimes with old computers.

Severin · 20 November 2003, 14:52

A mate of mine had a similar problem, his first solution was a couple of short planks laid accross the top of the 1000, later he got a bit more wood and made a couple of side panels and created a sort of free standing shelf that the 1000 sat under...

20 November 2003, 11:20	#1
T_hairy_bootson Workbitch 1.3 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Melbourne, Australia Age: 46 Posts: 2,084	A1000 help One of my A1000s isnt working properly. If I put a monitor on top of it, it won't boot a floppy (no Kickstart nothing) from the internal drive. It just clicks a couple times, blank white screen and back to the KS hand screen. Works fine when there is no weight on top. It does however boot from the extrernal drive as this A1000 has a swap df0: switch installed. I was gonna open it up and start poking around for dry joints, loose chips and check the floppy but I thought I would ask here to see if anyone has encountered a similar prob. It is the A1000 without the daughterboard, if that helps.

20 November 2003, 14:30	#3
DrBong HOL / AMR Team Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 2,632	The A1000's plastic case is quite flimsy, so I'm not surprised that putting a monitor on top of it is disrupting operation, especially if its an old, heavy monitor. Probably can't hurt to look around inside and give it a clean up. I doubt, however, that you will solve the problem completely by just making minor adjustments, although you never know sometimes with old computers. Last edited by DrBong; 20 November 2003 at 14:36.

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20 November 2003, 12:06	#2
ant512 Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: California Posts: 964	Sounds like the monitor is bending the case slightly. Chances are it's also bending the floppy drive's case, or applying pressure to the drive spindle (some floppy drives don't have a cover over the bottom of this), which is stopping the motor from spinning.

20 November 2003, 14:52	#4
Severin Registered User Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Gloucester / UK Posts: 700	A mate of mine had a similar problem, his first solution was a couple of short planks laid accross the top of the 1000, later he got a bit more wood and made a couple of side panels and created a sort of free standing shelf that the 1000 sat under...

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