Hi all,
I have a problem with my atari 4160ste, it suddenly started to stop booting.
It was working fine, except the floppy drive which was dead, so I bought a replacement one and then everything was perfect for a day and suddenly I got this bomb screen on start up.
I have no idea what is causing this, I checked all the chips and stuff inside to look for a dodgy connexion or anything suspicious but it all looks OK and since it was working 5 min before I wonder what could have gone wrong all of a sudden.
It sometimes starts if I force reset several time, most of the time it turn it on and get no sound at all, like its not even trying, but if I reset it a couple times sometimes with a floppy inside, it will eventually load the game or come back to the TOS environment.
I have no knowledge whatsoever in electronics and computer components, I can just see that all the connexion seem fine on my boards.
Could be a dodgy ram upgrade from previous user ? but it was working everytime before and all looks in good working order.
Any idea what could be causing this ? Advice most welcome. cheers! 