Hi everyone, I recently picked up an SE/30 that was working when I originally powered it on, but it is now displaying strange symptoms. When powering the machine on, it either gets to the no floppy screen but restarts and proceeds to play the startup chime multiple times in a row. It sometimes also will just show a white screen with crackling coming out of the speaker. I assume this machine just needs a recap and cleaning, but could this also be an issue with the power supply? I was using it to test hard drives when it died, so maybe that caused the problem. Thanks in advance.
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SE/30 Boot Problem
- Thread starter mooxitani
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'Restarting on its own' can definitely be a power supply problem. Check the voltages it's producing - you can do that at the external floppy port without having to muck about inside the machine.
You're going to need to recap and clean the rest of the machine anyway, of course...
You're going to need to recap and clean the rest of the machine anyway, of course...
Use paperclips to check the voltages at the floppy port.
Here you can see the pinout.
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Here you can see the pinout.
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Amiga of Rochester (how do I tag users in a post) should be able to recap the board for you
Use an "@" then their user name = @Amiga of Rochester
ah ok
