Frozen Workbench and HDD Led Solid On: What is Happening?

tygre · 24 January 2017, 18:14

Hi all!

Long time no post, sorry about that! Life caught up with me unexpectedly

and I am trying to get back on my feet... which means going back to my dear Amiga

.

For a little while now (few weeks), my Amiga server has had problems: after a reboot, everything works fine for a while but then, after few hours, the Workbench freezes and the HDD led is on solid. From that point on, any program accessing the HDD just freezes...

My Amiga is an A1200 motherboard with Blizzard 1240 and a SanDisk CF card with the Workbench partition as DC-FFS, another DC-FFS partition, and all the other partitions as PSF\03. I ran DiskSalv on the DC-FFS partitions without finding any error. I ran PSFDoctor (Check mode) and it said that my PSF\03 partitions were formatted with "PSF-II 18.5" and that they are all fine.

What could be happening? Could the CF card be corrupted/broken?

Cheers!

Robbie · 24 January 2017, 18:23

I had an SSD drive that started working intermittently once. Would start working fine, then freeze everything as you described.

The only other thing perhaps could be a failing power supply?

zipper · 24 January 2017, 18:23

I once installed (unintentionally) DC-FFS on my HDD and it gave read errors almost every minute. DC-FFS is meant primarily just for floppies afaik.

tygre · 01 March 2017, 03:11

Hi all!

Thanks for your advice... Definitely something is going on... After freezing regularly... My Amiga has now been running for 20 days without failing!

Cheers!

Amiga1992 · 01 March 2017, 18:17

Did you ever recap it? Erratic behavior usually means bad capacitors.

tygre · 01 March 2017, 22:07

Hi Akira!

Yes, it was recapped but I must check it again... I discovered with a friend that another of my recapped Amiga had been only "partially" recapped...

Cheers!

24 January 2017, 18:14	#1
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,442	Frozen Workbench and HDD Led Solid On: What is Happening? Hi all! Long time no post, sorry about that! Life caught up with me unexpectedly and I am trying to get back on my feet... which means going back to my dear Amiga . For a little while now (few weeks), my Amiga server has had problems: after a reboot, everything works fine for a while but then, after few hours, the Workbench freezes and the HDD led is on solid. From that point on, any program accessing the HDD just freezes... My Amiga is an A1200 motherboard with Blizzard 1240 and a SanDisk CF card with the Workbench partition as DC-FFS, another DC-FFS partition, and all the other partitions as PSF\03. I ran DiskSalv on the DC-FFS partitions without finding any error. I ran PSFDoctor (Check mode) and it said that my PSF\03 partitions were formatted with "PSF-II 18.5" and that they are all fine. What could be happening? Could the CF card be corrupted/broken? Cheers!

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24 January 2017, 18:23	#2
Robbie Registered User Join Date: May 2015 Location: Southbourne Posts: 75	I had an SSD drive that started working intermittently once. Would start working fine, then freeze everything as you described. The only other thing perhaps could be a failing power supply?

24 January 2017, 18:23	#3
zipper Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: finland Posts: 1,844	I once installed (unintentionally) DC-FFS on my HDD and it gave read errors almost every minute. DC-FFS is meant primarily just for floppies afaik.

01 March 2017, 03:11	#4
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,442	Hi all! Thanks for your advice... Definitely something is going on... After freezing regularly... My Amiga has now been running for 20 days without failing! Cheers!

01 March 2017, 18:17	#5
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,658	Did you ever recap it? Erratic behavior usually means bad capacitors.

01 March 2017, 22:07	#6
tygre Returning fan! Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Montréal, QC, Canada Posts: 1,442	Hi Akira! Yes, it was recapped but I must check it again... I discovered with a friend that another of my recapped Amiga had been only "partially" recapped... Cheers!

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