Hi All,
Even though i am not at home i still can't stay away, so anyway, i got hold pf a really nice a600, really clean and white, but it had the caps lock led stuck on and the computer would just sit on the black screen. I took it apart and started nosing around and couldn't really see anything visibly wrong. most solder joints were shiny and the not so shiny ones did not look that bad.
I read up on some threads here and there and from what i seen a few people point to the 555 reset timer circuit.
here is a pic of that area...
i don't have access to any meters etc so i thought i would just remove the cap on the circuit...
so i got a pair of needlenose pliers and twisted off the capacitor as shown in the second picture.
I turned it on and away it went, booted up perfect. I also managed to pick up a TV with the SCART input too so that is going back to Canada with me (tested perfect
. I'll put a fresh cap back on then too. The capacitor i removed did not look visibly bad so it goes to show it doesnt have to look bad to be bad