The Amiga Computer That Refused To Work.

Making an A2500 see reason and hope!
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[@DarrenJCrawford]

Good luck with the RAM fasteners, I find a lot of people just replace them because they break so easily.

[@HoldandModify]

yeah i can’t do that. chris could. :)

[@simonfazackerley8131]

I'm a fan of finding a visual problem then fixing it before moving on to the next problem. In the first couple of minutes you wiggled the 040 card and so I suspect the card slot on the motherboard is end of life. Should still be rigid even without the strength bar across the top

[@cullmaster7361]

Great vid “Q”. The MMU is probably not on due to not having ThorsMMU libs installed? I.e get hold of the latest version off Aminet. Then install in “Expert” mode and choose the options you need for the MMU config file to be setup correctly. As for the slot, have you tried deoxit? And or WD40 contact cleaner. Other issue could also be voltages off the PSU. Had something similar happen with my failing A4000 PSU causing guru errors and crashes with a Cyberstorm 060 MK1.

[@HoldandModify]

yeah i’ve blasted the sockets. i’m still suspecting that newer ram

[@a4000t]

Have you cleaned the cpu socket and card fingers with deoxit? The 30 pin simm sockets are normally a pain,they are hard to get loose. Are you trying to run actual 040 code on 68000 when u fall back-that may not work too well? There are '4MB 30pin simms' all over ebay, look for 8 or 9 chip like you have with the same speed or faster. At the end of the day it is a old card and could be hit and miss with 3.2.x. Do you run the appropriate MuLibs?

[@HoldandModify]

i did some of these things, yes. thank you. copied this down for future ref!

[@Dutch-linux]

the problem is mixed memory timing difference of the memory sticks

[@HoldandModify]

hmm pretty sure they’re all 60ns

[@chrisrobinson9178]

@@HoldandModify The one you showed taken out is different from the rest different size chips might be the problem try matched simms not just timing

[@ScoopexUs]

I suspect RAM/timing issues as responsible for the freeze also. Just posted a longer reply ^

[@kjetiltrondsen8242]

I am fascinated by the three handed lady the thumbnail......

[@Himegw]

Yea, ai generated graphics always has problems with hands😅❤😂

[@stephenbruce8320]

Beer always helps to improve things. I like the 030 those CPU's do not give me any grief except when I added RAM because someone wanted to make the 030 Co-Processor run faster so they put in a different Oscillator which I removed and the Big Ram Card on the 030 board came alive. Not sure about your purple memory boards but I would remove them and see what difference if any it might make or try to recall what your experience before adding them was. Did the issue start occurring after they were installed? I have another A2K coming in for a project but I want a particular board for it and its currently sold out so I have to wait until they make a new batch.

[@HoldandModify]

Until i can remove all purple ram, I won’t know if that is why. Going to be a while.

[@mikedefoy]

CBM accelerators were stable. I kept an 020 on hand as a bench unit. I never mixed memory. GVP products always created problems for me so I replaced them all.

[@keyboard_g]

Could ask the lady in the thumbnail why your mmu isn’t enabled.

[@HoldandModify]

haha

[@boydpukalo8980]

Get yourself a Dickie Olga Advanced card like Chris reviewed and be done with the 20 year old cards you never know if they will work every time you hit that power button! Thanks for interrupting his video BTW. As Chris said Q is the #1 video interrupter!

[@HoldandModify]

True. But….BORING! I love this old stuff!!

[@runeingebretsen8378]

emulators has it's place,why would anybody buy pricy and old hardware just to play games?

[@10MARC]

Lots of us don't just use Amiga's to play games, but collecting and using them for other things is an actual hobby. There is room for everyone

[@Really........]

You're questioning a lot of people including me 🙂

[@runeingebretsen8378]

@@Really........ you do you man.