Hi there,
I recently (in the last month or so) got a brand new ACA500plus and it's been working great. Today I turned on the A500 it was attached to and heard a small pop sound, so naturally I power everything off. (I'm using a brand new modern external PSU that I use with both my A500 and A1200)
After a few minutes of checking the board visually to make sure nothing caught fire, I plugged it back in and turned it on. No pop, but also no video - just a black screen. The bottom left LED of the ACA500plus flashes blue for a moment upon power up but then stops entirely. The system never seems to boot. So I unplug the ACA500plus and the stock A500 boots to a kickstart 1.3 screen as expected (RGB video output).
The ACA500plus hasn't moved since I got it and plugged it in - could something have fried on it? The chips get warm after a few minutes of being powered on, but nothing else on the board ever lights up when it's plugged in and I never get any video output.
Any thoughts are appreciated!
Dave