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cosmiq · 30 July 2015, 18:52

I just had the very same problem of a hanging CAPSLOCK + black screen at bootup (A600).

I removed the cap as seen in the first image of this thread (on the right of the mobo), but that didn't help: same black screen. No visible acid on the board. After leaving it on for a while I got a purple screen, but I don't know what that means.

Then I thought of the PSU being the same age, so I took an ATX power supply and soldered an Amiga cable to it. Schematics here:

http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/am..._supplies.html

This did the trick! I now see a boot screen, but I'm still unable to reset the amiga due to the missing cap. I ordered a cap pack from amikit so hopefully I'm skilled enough to solder that stuff on. I'm happy that my A600 didn't completely die (yet). This might give some hope to people with the same problem.

30 July 2015, 18:52	#64
cosmiq Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Holland Age: 41 Posts: 314	I just had the very same problem of a hanging CAPSLOCK + black screen at bootup (A600). I removed the cap as seen in the first image of this thread (on the right of the mobo), but that didn't help: same black screen. No visible acid on the board. After leaving it on for a while I got a purple screen, but I don't know what that means. Then I thought of the PSU being the same age, so I took an ATX power supply and soldered an Amiga cable to it. Schematics here: http://www.ianstedman.co.uk/Amiga/am..._supplies.html This did the trick! I now see a boot screen, but I'm still unable to reset the amiga due to the missing cap. I ordered a cap pack from amikit so hopefully I'm skilled enough to solder that stuff on. I'm happy that my A600 didn't completely die (yet). This might give some hope to people with the same problem.