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09 October 2020, 18:14
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Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: The surface of the sun
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Hiya!
Hi all. Thank you for accepting me! I have no idea why a few other Amiga forums are taking forever to accept me, but I am glad to have finally been approved by one of them.
 I am very fortunate to have come across an almost virgin Amiga 500 as you can see in the pics. Story goes it was originally opened only to test, placed back in the box and left in a garage for decades. It looks practically brand new, but it gets the dreaded green screen memory error at boot up. Hopefully it is just an IC or PLCC and not the memory, but I will soon be taking it apart to find out. I already took out the extended memory module, but the green screen still shows. |
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09 October 2020, 18:17
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Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Italy
Age: 49
Posts: 2,942
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Hey, i come from the moon !
Welcome to the forum 
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09 October 2020, 18:25
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Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: >
Posts: 2,881
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Welcome! You’ve joined the only Amiga forum that matters anyway!
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09 October 2020, 22:44
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Zone Friend
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Middle Earth
Age: 40
Posts: 2,127
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Hi.
Great find. Can you take a photo of the back of the box. You might want to check the RAM expansion in the trap door as well see if the battery in it is corroded. I see you have a US keyboard, so are you in Australia, New Zealand, Canada or USA? Welcome to the forum. If you want to sign up to amibay there is a thread on here that you can post to. |
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09 October 2020, 23:44
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Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: The surface of the sun
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Thank you all for the warm welcomes.
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I had taken the RAM expansion card out, but I still get the green screen. I have been reading there is a PLCC and an IC that could also cause the green screen. So I've ordered the extractors and plan to take the chips out, check for corrosion and hope for the best. This 500 has probably less than an hour of usage on it, so I am really hoping the onboard ram is not bad. |
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09 October 2020, 23:50
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Registered Voter
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Neunkirchen aP, DE
Age: 62
Posts: 570
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Welcome! I hope you enjoy yourself and find the experience rewarding.
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10 October 2020, 05:22
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Ottawa
Posts: 57
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welcome to the forum
happy to have you!
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