RAM Problem in winUAE 1.1

manicx · 10 November 2005, 08:47

Hello

Did I miss something? I have an excellent A4k config with hardfiles and stuff. I used to have 2MB Chip and 64MB Z3-Fast in the config and everything rocked. I am not sure since when (definetly after 1.0) but the Z3-Fast is not recognised and I can only rise Fast to 8MB.

Am I doing something wrong?

Thanks in advance.

Toni Wilen · 11 November 2005, 13:21

Wrong CPU setting? It needs to be 68020 or 68040. (32-bit addressing)

andreas · 11 November 2005, 20:21

32-bit addressing?
Why does it work then with KS 3.0 and 3.1/40.068?
From (Win)Fellow times, I remember that only A4000 KS 3.1/40.070 can do 32-bit addressing. Am I wrong?

Toni Wilen · 11 November 2005, 20:38

What?

24-bit address space = 16M, largest continuous space for fast RAM is 8MB.

andreas · 12 November 2005, 10:50

Nevermind

, seems I was talking about something completely else.

manicx · 14 November 2005, 20:27

Sorry about my delayed answer but I was in Germany playing Kick Off 2

! Toni, no, I am using 68020+FPU with this config for about 3 years now without a single problem. Everything seems to work just fine with 0.9.92. With the transition to 1.0 I have a problem. When I load the config, regardless of what I have as Z3 RAM, it is automatically reset on load to 0.

Of course I made a new config with the latest 1.1.1 but the same thing happens. No matter what I tried, I always get the same problems. I am attching the two configs, one from 0.9.91 that worked fine in 0.9.92 and one from 1.1.1. I experience the problem I described before with both.

Thanks for your help.

Toni Wilen · 15 November 2005, 08:54

Attach winuaebootlog.txt and amount of RAM in your PC, thanks.

manicx · 15 November 2005, 09:13

My PC has 1.5GB or RAM (2*512MB + 2*256MB Dual Channel). I will attach the log file as soon as I get home in the evening.

manicx · 15 November 2005, 20:22

This is the log file. Thanks

manicx · 17 November 2005, 12:48

I tried the same config in a AMD64 PC and on load, it doesn't reset the Z3 to 0MB while loading the config. I will bring my home winUAE folder with the hardfiles etc and try it out for further test.

Toni Wilen · 17 November 2005, 19:51

Unfortunately this is caused by old code that was supposed to be removed in 1.1. It can cause problems if total RAM is larger than 2G (physical + pagefile).

It tries to lower amount of Z3RAM if it is larger than total RAM but it is broken and I replaced it with better code but for some reason old code is still there..

Result is "Max Z3FastRAM 0M. Total physical RAM 1535M" in log.

manicx · 18 November 2005, 08:39

Toni, this problem exists with versions from 1.0 and afterwards. The PC at home is a PIV with 1.5GB RAM. The AMD64 PC I am using at work has 2GB Physical RAM. Problem seems to exist only with the former and not the later.

Is this going to be fixed in a future release?

Thanks for your help.

10 November 2005, 08:47	#1
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	RAM Problem in winUAE 1.1 Hello Did I miss something? I have an excellent A4k config with hardfiles and stuff. I used to have 2MB Chip and 64MB Z3-Fast in the config and everything rocked. I am not sure since when (definetly after 1.0) but the Z3-Fast is not recognised and I can only rise Fast to 8MB. Am I doing something wrong? Thanks in advance.

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11 November 2005, 13:21	#2
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,507	Wrong CPU setting? It needs to be 68020 or 68040. (32-bit addressing)

11 November 2005, 20:21	#3
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	32-bit addressing? Why does it work then with KS 3.0 and 3.1/40.068? From (Win)Fellow times, I remember that only A4000 KS 3.1/40.070 can do 32-bit addressing. Am I wrong?

11 November 2005, 20:38	#4
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,507	What? 24-bit address space = 16M, largest continuous space for fast RAM is 8MB.

12 November 2005, 10:50	#5
andreas Zone Friend Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Germany Age: 50 Posts: 5,857	Nevermind , seems I was talking about something completely else.

15 November 2005, 08:54	#7
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,507	Attach winuaebootlog.txt and amount of RAM in your PC, thanks.

15 November 2005, 09:13	#8
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	My PC has 1.5GB or RAM (2512MB + 2256MB Dual Channel). I will attach the log file as soon as I get home in the evening.

17 November 2005, 12:48	#10
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	I tried the same config in a AMD64 PC and on load, it doesn't reset the Z3 to 0MB while loading the config. I will bring my home winUAE folder with the hardfiles etc and try it out for further test.

17 November 2005, 19:51	#11
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 49 Posts: 26,507	Unfortunately this is caused by old code that was supposed to be removed in 1.1. It can cause problems if total RAM is larger than 2G (physical + pagefile). It tries to lower amount of Z3RAM if it is larger than total RAM but it is broken and I replaced it with better code but for some reason old code is still there.. Result is "Max Z3FastRAM 0M. Total physical RAM 1535M" in log.

18 November 2005, 08:39	#12
manicx Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Posts: 991	Toni, this problem exists with versions from 1.0 and afterwards. The PC at home is a PIV with 1.5GB RAM. The AMD64 PC I am using at work has 2GB Physical RAM. Problem seems to exist only with the former and not the later. Is this going to be fixed in a future release? Thanks for your help.

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