Big scare: X1000 died temporarily
Posted: Mon Jan 26, 2015 9:31 pm
With help from people here and AmigaWorld.net, I had finally got early boot menu fixed up so I could choose between OS4FE and my 4.1.6 backup when booting.
I chose the more-ready-to-use backup and spent some happy time with e-mail and forums. I was somewhere between seventh heaven and cloud nine when I did the Ctrl-A-A thing, expecting that the higher-priority FE would come up. But no, back to 4.1.6! Perhaps the computer remembers what was chosen in the early boot menu and reboots it?
So I went to the delayed boot menu and selected FE by hand, and the screen just went black. After waiting quite some time I clicked the reset button on the X1000 and still the screen stayed black, except the "Check cable" thing started floating around on the monitor.
I tried several times, even shutting the computer down and waiting a while, but no good. I finally gave up in despair. This was late afternoon. I thought I'd get inside and check cables and board connections in the morning, but with didn't think would be likely to help; what could have happened to the machine in those few seconds?
Just before going to bed, I tried turning it on. And it came on quite as normal. This morning it came on again, and I am using it now.
I haven't been inside in a long time, and I should on general principles check for dust and such, but has anyone had an experience like this, or is anyone able to imagine what might have caused it?
I chose the more-ready-to-use backup and spent some happy time with e-mail and forums. I was somewhere between seventh heaven and cloud nine when I did the Ctrl-A-A thing, expecting that the higher-priority FE would come up. But no, back to 4.1.6! Perhaps the computer remembers what was chosen in the early boot menu and reboots it?
So I went to the delayed boot menu and selected FE by hand, and the screen just went black. After waiting quite some time I clicked the reset button on the X1000 and still the screen stayed black, except the "Check cable" thing started floating around on the monitor.
I tried several times, even shutting the computer down and waiting a while, but no good. I finally gave up in despair. This was late afternoon. I thought I'd get inside and check cables and board connections in the morning, but with didn't think would be likely to help; what could have happened to the machine in those few seconds?
Just before going to bed, I tried turning it on. And it came on quite as normal. This morning it came on again, and I am using it now.
I haven't been inside in a long time, and I should on general principles check for dust and such, but has anyone had an experience like this, or is anyone able to imagine what might have caused it?