Help needed! Amiga 1200 HD not booting up

10 May 2005, 00:22

Hi,

Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I have just bought an old Amiga 1200HD and it booted up the first time I turned it on from the HD. However, it hasn't done so since. It has an internal and external floppy and I have put the WorkBench 3.0 disk into each and still no joy. The screen goes from static to like a plain grey colour, so it's tuned in OK (I think). It beeps three times on startup, and I've read on some forum that in an Amstrad this means there's no bootable disk, so not sure if it's relevant here. Any help on what the problem is, or further info on how to find out what the problem is, or a place I can go online to find more info would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Steve

thomas · 10 May 2005, 07:45

There is nothing that could or would beep in an Amiga. So unless you have some custom beeping hardware (which is very unlikely), there is something going terribly wrong.

The most probable reason is that either the power supply or the HDD has died.

You should open the Amiga case and disconnect the HDD. If it still does not boot it is probably the power supply. You should also check which part creates the beeping sound and replace it.

EmuChicken · 10 May 2005, 13:17

... Amstrad? erm, yeah I reckon its the hard drive, but it could be something else... my PS2 hard drive (was a maxtor) screwed up a month or so ago and it started making what sounded like a mobile phone ringtone!.... very odd indeed! .. could be similar though

DopPie · 10 May 2005, 15:24

Amiga 1200's do not beep at startup, do they? At least mine doesn't.

18 May 2005, 01:23

Thanks for your replies. The power supply is a bit flaky, sometimes it doesn't seem to produce enough power to turn the Amiga on and you have to turn it off and back on again. It does seem to be the HDD making the noise, three high pitched sounds - could be the disk spinning really quickly three times or something. Anyway I've had enough of it now, think I'll download an emulator instead

16 June 2005, 17:24

once met a guy who gave me a 200 meg hd for my old A1200 years ago, his mate turned it off/on too quickly and it wouldn't boot. When i installed it in place of my standard 40 meg (could never work out how to use both but anyway) i found that it wouldnt boot when i switched it on. However if i left it on - let the hd spin up - then reset the sod with control amiga amiga keys it would work fine! free 200 meg hd! just so you know i did the right thing and passed my 40 meg onto a young chap with a bbs running of an old A500!

10 May 2005, 00:22	#1
steve_bagnall Posts: n/a	Help needed! Amiga 1200 HD not booting up Hi, Not sure if this is the right place for this, but I have just bought an old Amiga 1200HD and it booted up the first time I turned it on from the HD. However, it hasn't done so since. It has an internal and external floppy and I have put the WorkBench 3.0 disk into each and still no joy. The screen goes from static to like a plain grey colour, so it's tuned in OK (I think). It beeps three times on startup, and I've read on some forum that in an Amstrad this means there's no bootable disk, so not sure if it's relevant here. Any help on what the problem is, or further info on how to find out what the problem is, or a place I can go online to find more info would be much appreciated. Cheers, Steve

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10 May 2005, 07:45	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	There is nothing that could or would beep in an Amiga. So unless you have some custom beeping hardware (which is very unlikely), there is something going terribly wrong. The most probable reason is that either the power supply or the HDD has died. You should open the Amiga case and disconnect the HDD. If it still does not boot it is probably the power supply. You should also check which part creates the beeping sound and replace it.

10 May 2005, 13:17	#3
EmuChicken Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Nagoya, Japan (moved!) Age: 41 Posts: 746	... Amstrad? erm, yeah I reckon its the hard drive, but it could be something else... my PS2 hard drive (was a maxtor) screwed up a month or so ago and it started making what sounded like a mobile phone ringtone!.... very odd indeed! .. could be similar though

10 May 2005, 15:24	#4
DopPie Zone Friend Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Den Hoorn, NL Age: 44 Posts: 259	Amiga 1200's do not beep at startup, do they? At least mine doesn't.

18 May 2005, 01:23	#5
steve_bagnall Posts: n/a	Thanks for your replies. The power supply is a bit flaky, sometimes it doesn't seem to produce enough power to turn the Amiga on and you have to turn it off and back on again. It does seem to be the HDD making the noise, three high pitched sounds - could be the disk spinning really quickly three times or something. Anyway I've had enough of it now, think I'll download an emulator instead

16 June 2005, 17:24	#6
cyclone Posts: n/a	once met a guy who gave me a 200 meg hd for my old A1200 years ago, his mate turned it off/on too quickly and it wouldn't boot. When i installed it in place of my standard 40 meg (could never work out how to use both but anyway) i found that it wouldnt boot when i switched it on. However if i left it on - let the hd spin up - then reset the sod with control amiga amiga keys it would work fine! free 200 meg hd! just so you know i did the right thing and passed my 40 meg onto a young chap with a bbs running of an old A500!

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