WHDLoad incompatiabilities

[Peanutuk]

Hi

No WHDload install will work with the expansion board below in my A1200. As soon as it is removed or replaced everything works. Are there any incompatiability threads regarding the program? If there isn't perhaps there should be.

I am posting a scan of the board below in case there is something physically wrong with the board which may be apparent to an educated viewer. It doesnt work if the memory [on the other side of the board] is removed or replaced.


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My 040/25 used to cause terrible slowdowns with whdload. There must be at least one thread about it.

[Peanutuk]

I get a 'bad batch file' or some such everytime I attempt to load an install. The problem of course is that without this additional memory I cannot load alot of games I want to play, so its going to cost me...

[Amiga1992]

You can play the games without the PRELOAD option. Not as nice, but still a workaround.

[Peanutuk]

I know but not really the same is it not?

Clearly WHDload is not compatiable with this so is it the fault of the board or the program?

[Amiga1992]

Without preload you will have loading times... the game will load from the HD when needed instead of loading it all into RAM and having no loading times.

It's strange though, maybe your card is not in full working order, or something? Or there's a tooltype you have to set so it works? Have you set NOCACHE and stuff like that?

[Peanutuk]

Hi

What tooltypes would you recommend using - what exactly do I need to do to try it?
Other programs do work with it it's just whdload that doesn't as far as i know.

[Codetapper]

Have you actually read the WHDLoad docs? There is a big section in that about TCP/IP stacks causing interrupts which crash WHDLoad - are you sure this isn't happening?

[Peanutuk]

Ofcourse I have read the docs. This has nothing to do with TCP/IP stacks does it? I have tried it on a WB install with no TCP/IP stacks installed and the pcmia card removed

[Amiga1992]

Almost ANYTHING can cause interrupts. I don't have a TCP/IP stack, a CD drive or anything nevertheless my hardware is generating interrupts and fucking up WHDLoad

So all games to me are running wih the NOAUTOVEC tooltype as default. And another one I actually forgot. will post later, when I boot up me miggy. Everything runs fine on it.

[DrBong]

Originally Posted by Akira

Almost ANYTHING can cause interrupts. I don't have a TCP/IP stack, a CD drive or anything nevertheless my hardware is generating interrupts and fucking up WHDLoad.

Akira is right. It says as much in the WHDLoad docs. The combination of a network card and TCP/IP stack was used as a common problematic example in the docs illustrate this point.

[Peanutuk]

I will try the tooltypes Akira mentions when he remembers the new onw. The A1200 is a bog standard one with only this board as an added extra. It obviously have no TCP or network card but it seems that the interrupt could be almost anything.

We shall see if the tooltypes help.

[Amiga1992]

OK this is what I've got turned on in my s:whdload.prefs file!

NoAutovec ;ignore unwanted autovector interrupts

And that's it! I had the NOCACHE thing in some installs for enabling the logginng and stuff, I think. But NoAutovec does the trick for me (though I DO get another error)

Hope it helps. Surely hope your network card and/or your board is generating interrupts

[Peanutuk]

Unfortunately it hasnt made a different. Ill just have to acquire a new board as this one is clearly incompatiable.

Thanks anyway

[killergorilla]

Yeah it really does sound like a crap board to me, try grabbing a ram board off ebay, shouldn't be that expensive if it's not accelerated.

[Amiga1992]

Instead of buying yet another one of these thingies just buy yourself a Blizzard 030@50 and forget about problems and further upgrades