Yesterday after the vacations on Leon-SPAIN,I have a bad day because my Amiga One fron Eyetech doesn't work at all again.

What can I do to boot the Amiga One again?

Has anyone similar problems as me on the last days?

I am very surprised to see my A1 doesn't boot again but worse things are being presented here and there.

Any help appreciated.

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AMIGA ONE XE G3 PPC 800 Mhz/1 GB RAM/RADEON 9250 128 MB/SATA CONTROLLER

@newlight

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@Framiga

Readed my post.

Any more things to do?

I will wait to get a new battery form my mother for today that she is actually shopping with my father.

You must know that I have been away for more than three weeks.And my Amiga One were dsconnected for 3 OK?

Hope to clear the situation on time to play the new PowerPC games I have ordered soon er than later.My Amiga One is delightful even now it's stopped to work.

Hope to fix it soon.

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AMIGA 500 1.5 MB ACA500/ACA1232 accelerators
AMIGA 500 German
CD32 unexpanded
Amiga 1200 Tower on AmigaKit since years
AMIGA 1300 030/50 Mhz/32 MB WB 3.9 with lots of games&demos
AMIGA ONE XE G3 PPC 800 Mhz/1 GB RAM/RADEON 9250 128 MB/SATA CONTROLLER

@newlight

This seems to be happening to many people nowadays. Check out the article on OS4Zone...

http://amigaworld.net/modules/features/index.php?op=r&cat_id=16&rev_id=174

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When I first powered mine up after a long period of inactivity, nothing happened. I tried a different battery and then it was fine.

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^ I should add that I left it a lot longer than 3 weeks.

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@newlight

Igual con un poco de cecina y vino del Bierzo, se obra el milagro, ya sabes el Amiga es diferente hasta para esto.

@newlight
Probably that used battery again.. The AmigaONE can eat up even a brand new battery within months due to some design flaw/bug.

@Templario

Mi madre es de al lado de Amayuelas de Arriba cerca de Amusco y se apellida Alario.
Y mi padre sera Arturo Vega Henares y es de Revilla de Collazos.

De parte de mi madre un saludo efusivo.

Javier Vega

My Amiga One is on repair since yesterday.

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AMIGA 500 1.5 MB ACA500/ACA1232 accelerators
AMIGA 500 German
CD32 unexpanded
Amiga 1200 Tower on AmigaKit since years
AMIGA 1300 030/50 Mhz/32 MB WB 3.9 with lots of games&demos
AMIGA ONE XE G3 PPC 800 Mhz/1 GB RAM/RADEON 9250 128 MB/SATA CONTROLLER

@newlight

Hey, así que eres 100% palentino, menos mal, ya pensaba que era el único que quedaba en Amiga y funcionando, porque haber hay, pero son examigueros, Aupa Palencia, que además mañana nos jugamos jugar en 2 contra el Pucela y demás.

@Templario

Where did I put my paper-version of Google translator..

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@Alkaron

Well, only in this forum are four spanish Amiga user cats, sometimes we'll have speak in our language, in this forum I saw similar cases in your languages...

I feel your pain Newlight.

My AmigaOne XE crapped out on the weekend too. That's twice it's done the same thing. The first time it happened it just automagically started working again...this time isn't looking so good. A few random characters out of COM1 are all it can be bothered doing.

Not much of a thank you for giving the piece of garbage a new battery!

Last edited by dangermouse on 31-May-2010 at 11:57 AM.

@dangermouse

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A few random characters out of COM1 are all it can be bothered doing.

The fact you are getting something is a good sign.

Though random garbage is a bit vague. Are your serial speeds in sync? 115,200 baud; 8,N1 is the usual setup and speed UBoot now works in. Which you probably knew. Unless you know what speed it is if it differs.

Other advice would be to let it clear before putting in the battery again. Say half an hour off the power from the wall. Though five minutes should clear the power remaining on the board. See how you go.

I got a black screen once like this before my battery fizzled out. I followed the above procedure and it worked again. But IIRC I left it over night.

Last edited by Hypex on 31-May-2010 at 04:29 PM.

@Hypex

Yes, I've tried all the baud rates but have spent most time concentrating on 9600 and 115200. By random characters I mean non-ASCII characters.

Removing various things changes what character is displayed (i.e. remove the RAM and boot and you get a character, remove the video card and boot and you get another etc etc).

It's been completely powered off (no power cords attached to the mobo) for a few days and the battery was removed. Plugged it all back in and stil no dice.

To be honest the damn thing has never been that reliable since I bought it used about 6 months ago. Worst Amiga investment I've ever had and will not make the same mistake again.

This one is either going into the bin or being wall-mounted in a picture frame...it's no use to anyone and I'd feel bad selling it as such. Right now I'm leaning towards the bin..rather not ever see the thing again

@dangermouse

Try setting 115200 8-n--1 and none hardware
good luck

Micael

@SACC-dude

Already tried. Garbage comes out at 4800 and 9600..anything higher than that and absolutely nothing comes out.

I think even the non-ASCII characters are just noise...one character immediately upon switch on and one more immediately upon switching her off.

Last edited by dangermouse on 01-Jun-2010 at 08:55 AM.

@dangermouse

What happens when you wriggle the processorboard a little, during startup?

Chances are that your machine will boot properly. If so: then your processor needs reballing or reflowing. That means that someone has to resolder your processor. AmigaONE's seem to have this kind of problems.

My A1XE had similar problems. I have it reballed now by Retronix.


johan

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@Johan

Thanks for the tip but still dead.

I've also noticed a lot of people having problems with A1s. Are the SAMS built to a better standard or can they be just as bad? If a SAM is more reliable I'll just pickup a 440/460 and say bugger the A1..it's been a pain since the first day I had it.

Last edited by dangermouse on 01-Jun-2010 at 10:52 AM.

@dangermouse

Overall I *suppose* the SAM's are more reliable than the AmigaOne's, but this might be a "scaling effect", 'cos I think there are more AmigaOne's than SAM's out there. But a SAM isn't undestroyable as well - so there are some died or sick SAM's out there, too.

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