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Amiga Flyer
System Errors & Other Problems
System Hangs at Power-up
Product: Flyer
Platforms: 2000 3000 3000T 4000 4000T
Problem: The system hangs up during
the power up process, and does not complete boot-up.
The Flyer card may not be initializing upon startup
of the system. You may need to check the LED's to diagnose
if this is the actual problem. When the system powers
up, the Flyer LEDs will be active briefly, then should
settle with LED 3 (counting from top of card) lit.
When the FlyerInit command is executed, the LEDs will
be active again, then should settle into the rapid
top-to-bottom-and-back scanning pattern ("Cylon
warrior" scan) which repeats endlessly, if the
card is working properly.
If you do find a problem, on a 4000 you may need to
boot without the startup-sequence by holding down both
mouse buttons upon startup of the machine. This should
display a "Startup Control" screen after
a few seconds, and at the bottom right of this screen
you will find the button "Boot With No Startup-Sequence".
Click the button, and the system will bypass the startup-sequence.
On a 2000/3000 series system, you may have to boot
up with a Workbench disk or break out of the boot up
by pressing on the CTRL & D keys.
After successfully starting the computer, the user
will need to comment out the FlyerInit command in the
User-Startup file, by placing a semicolon in front
of that line; the user should then attempt to boot
the system to see if the system will do a complete
boot if the Flyer is not initialized. If so, check
the system power to be sure adequate power is reaching
the Flyer.
Other points to check:
Check and clean Flyer contacts and the slot contacts,
and reseat the card.
Check power check points on the Flyer. (Contact NewTek
Tech Support for a schematic of the locations.)
Test with one Flyer drive at a time detached. Sometimes
a faulty drive or cabling will cause this hang-up.
On an A4000 desktop, you may need to check and clean
the daughtercard slot contacts.
If all possible system problems have been eliminated,
then an RMA for the Flyer is most likely in order.
