Date   : Fri, 02 Jan 2015 12:55:42 +0000
From   : chris@... (Chris Johns)
Subject: Off Topic: problems with my Risc PC

Another idea would be pressing f12 then ctrl g to see if it beeps. If so
its running and you just can't see anything.

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On 2 Jan 2015,@08:24, Chris Johns <chris@...> wrote:

>> From vague memory the beep is fairy well into the boot sequence so the
fact it gets that far suggests it's 'mostly' booting ok, as does the floppy
check.
> 
> What monitor is connected? Iirc holding keypad number while powering on
sets the monitor type.
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
>> On 31 Dec 2014,@18:14, John Kortink <kortink@...> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>> On Wed, 31 Dec 2014 17:42:37 +0000, Wookie <bbcmicro@...>
wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> On 31/12/14 17:06, John Kortink wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> I'd also try reseating everything that plugs into a
>>>> soocket.
>>>> 
>>>> The failure to blink the 'help !' message is odd ...
>>> 
>>> The floppy drive flashes it's LED once and it tried to spin the drive 
>>> for a second so I'm guessing that is okay.
>>> 
>>> I get the flash of the 3 keyboard LED's and a beep. I can toggle the 
>>> num-lock, scroll-lock and caps-lock on and off.
>>> 
>>> I'll try reseating everything, I've already stripped it down to a basic 
>>> machine, just memory, cpu and floppy drive. I've checked the psu 
>>> voltages they are all ok. The only thing I haven't tried reseating yet 
>>> is the Risc OS 4.02 roms....
>> 
>> If all that actually works, I would guess there's only a display
>> problem. Have you tried *Configure MonitorType 3 or 4 ?
>> 
>> 
>> John Kortink
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