Random color on boot (A500)

8bitbubsy · 28 April 2010, 20:35

When I turn on my Amiga 500 I get a random filled screen first... Green, red or light brown etc. It lasts for like 1-2 seconds, then it reboots and goes to the normal kickstart screen - then everything's fine.
Is this normal..?

It's a rev 6A Amiga 500 with 512kB expansion in the trap door. The motherboard looks like it's new, and I've reseated and cleaned the chips. I took out Fat Agnus and cleaned her and her socket with isopropanol alcohol. The problem still occurs though. Can it be that I use a Kick 2.05 from an Amiga 600..? It seems that I get much more occurance of red and green with kick 3.1 (custom flashed ROM from versalia). With 2.05 I get the light brown one almost all the time.

I use a 300W ATX PSU - the voltage lines are very stable and well within the tolerance level, it can't be that

I'm just curious you know, this must mean something... I want my Amiga 500 to be 100% working

I can't find my kick 1.3, I know it's here somewhere but it ran away!

cosmicfrog · 29 April 2010, 06:05

its not normal for it to flash colours

go look in hardware problem for what the colours mean

8bitbubsy · 29 April 2010, 08:30

Yeah I know, but that's a gray pattern. Every filled screen that's not gray or white, is something that grabs my attention

28 April 2010, 20:35	#1
8bitbubsy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 1,715	Random color on boot (A500) When I turn on my Amiga 500 I get a random filled screen first... Green, red or light brown etc. It lasts for like 1-2 seconds, then it reboots and goes to the normal kickstart screen - then everything's fine. Is this normal..? It's a rev 6A Amiga 500 with 512kB expansion in the trap door. The motherboard looks like it's new, and I've reseated and cleaned the chips. I took out Fat Agnus and cleaned her and her socket with isopropanol alcohol. The problem still occurs though. Can it be that I use a Kick 2.05 from an Amiga 600..? It seems that I get much more occurance of red and green with kick 3.1 (custom flashed ROM from versalia). With 2.05 I get the light brown one almost all the time. I use a 300W ATX PSU - the voltage lines are very stable and well within the tolerance level, it can't be that I'm just curious you know, this must mean something... I want my Amiga 500 to be 100% working I can't find my kick 1.3, I know it's here somewhere but it ran away! Last edited by 8bitbubsy; 28 April 2010 at 20:40.

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29 April 2010, 06:05	#2
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	its not normal for it to flash colours go look in hardware problem for what the colours mean

29 April 2010, 08:30	#3
8bitbubsy Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Norway Posts: 1,715	Yeah I know, but that's a gray pattern. Every filled screen that's not gray or white, is something that grabs my attention

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