Hardware test software

fpmpaolo · 12 June 2016, 09:07

Hello people, what HW software test can I use to test if everyhthing works on my A600?

I had it recapped few days ago, I have a 3.1 Kickstart ROM + ACA620 + KA47 IDE SD Adapter IDE to SD + 2gb Transcend with CLassicWB Full on it (3 PFS3 partitions, DH0 is 350mb, DH1 and 2 are 750)

Sometimes amiga boot, sometimes doesn't and it stuck at a black screen.
And I noticed Caps Lock blinks FAINTLY...it's almost invisible.

What could have happened?

Jope · 15 June 2016, 18:17

Bad PSU? Short circuit somewhere?

fpmpaolo · 25 June 2016, 11:43

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jope

Bad PSU? Short circuit somewhere?

Uhm...the PSU "whistles" when I switch it off.
I know I had it recapped when my A600 was. At least, that's what the recapper told me.
I'm totally noob on electronics. I don't know how to test a shortage

AlfaRomeo · 26 June 2016, 11:42

If the malfunction started after the recap it was probably a bad recap work but to be certain, at first you should disconnect the ACA620 and the IDE adapter and boot the bare A600 some times (could boot with a WB disk or game disk) to see if the malfunction continues.
If the A600 boots normally the recap work was well done and the fault should be from a bad PSU or from ACA or IDE adapter.
To be certain you should connect a piece of hardware at a time and try to boot or try the hardware bits in other working A600.

fpmpaolo · 28 June 2016, 10:05

Thanks for your reply AlfaRomeo, but I managed to fix everything.
First of all, I unplugged both the ACA and the SD2ide and my A600 booted correctly, but some Keys weren't working.
A friend had another mainboard so I tried to connect my kbd on his mainboard...and some Keys weren't working.
So I thought it could be a kbd problem: I just cut a little piece of kbd flat - just 1 mm - and polished the green membrane...Everything works now.
Recap was done perfectly by a specialist.

AlfaRomeo · 28 June 2016, 15:37

Glad to ear your A600 it´s healthy now

Anyway, the procedure is always the same when a computer fails:
Try to boot the bare computer and, if it boots, connect a piece of hardware at a time so could know which is the malfunction hardware

12 June 2016, 09:07	#1
fpmpaolo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Bologna / italy Age: 43 Posts: 135	Hardware test software Hello people, what HW software test can I use to test if everyhthing works on my A600? I had it recapped few days ago, I have a 3.1 Kickstart ROM + ACA620 + KA47 IDE SD Adapter IDE to SD + 2gb Transcend with CLassicWB Full on it (3 PFS3 partitions, DH0 is 350mb, DH1 and 2 are 750) Sometimes amiga boot, sometimes doesn't and it stuck at a black screen. And I noticed Caps Lock blinks FAINTLY...it's almost invisible. What could have happened?

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15 June 2016, 18:17	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	Bad PSU? Short circuit somewhere?

26 June 2016, 11:42	#4
AlfaRomeo A1200 040 SAM440EP 667 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lisbon / Portugal Posts: 873	If the malfunction started after the recap it was probably a bad recap work but to be certain, at first you should disconnect the ACA620 and the IDE adapter and boot the bare A600 some times (could boot with a WB disk or game disk) to see if the malfunction continues. If the A600 boots normally the recap work was well done and the fault should be from a bad PSU or from ACA or IDE adapter. To be certain you should connect a piece of hardware at a time and try to boot or try the hardware bits in other working A600.

28 June 2016, 10:05	#5
fpmpaolo Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Bologna / italy Age: 43 Posts: 135	Thanks for your reply AlfaRomeo, but I managed to fix everything. First of all, I unplugged both the ACA and the SD2ide and my A600 booted correctly, but some Keys weren't working. A friend had another mainboard so I tried to connect my kbd on his mainboard...and some Keys weren't working. So I thought it could be a kbd problem: I just cut a little piece of kbd flat - just 1 mm - and polished the green membrane...Everything works now. Recap was done perfectly by a specialist.

28 June 2016, 15:37	#6
AlfaRomeo A1200 040 SAM440EP 667 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lisbon / Portugal Posts: 873	Glad to ear your A600 it´s healthy now Anyway, the procedure is always the same when a computer fails: Try to boot the bare computer and, if it boots, connect a piece of hardware at a time so could know which is the malfunction hardware

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