About 10 years ago I bought an Amiga 1000. I tried many times to get it to work but it never gets past the light-grey screen.
Last week, I had a little extra "blow money" and found another Amiga 1000 on eBay that was listed as "working". Plus, this one had the front RAM cover my original did not. This one also had a keyboard and the right-angle mouse.
I bought it, it arrived today and guess what? It has the SAME $^#&*%(# ERROR!
I contacted the seller and asked how was it tested working when it clearly does not.
Anyway, I removed the front RAM expansion plugged in the keyboard, floppy, etc. When it boots, I see a dark grey screen and then a few seconds later, I get a light grey screen and that's it.
No floppy clicking sounds, no other colors, nothing.
The good news is that I literally have two identical A1000's so maybe between the two, I can get one working. I remember a couple years ago on my original A1000, I swapped out the CPU and all custom chips from a working A500 but to no avail. I don't know where to go next with this one.
Any ideas on what I can do?
Thanks.