GVP Impact Series II 2000-HC and Blizzard2040 conflict

LUKas007 · 13 June 2002, 17:37

I have GVP Impact Series II 2000-HC and changed the GVP Combo030 to Blizzard2040... With the Blizzard2040 I use 2 SIMMs 4MB RAM each. Without the SIMMs everything is OK. But when I equip the Blizzard with the FAST memory the Amiga (A2000 rev6.2B) hangs up during the start... When I plug off the GVP Impact controller the Amiga works with no problems... I can start it from floppy and it has 8 MB FAST. What is the source of such a situation? With the Combo030 all hardware doesnt seem to have any conflicts...

RetroMan · 13 June 2002, 20:02

The Problem is the OnBoard SCSI Controller on the Blizzard, try to use that instead of the GVP one, there is a conflict there using two SCSI Controllers in the Amiga I think !

LUKas007 · 13 June 2002, 20:32

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Originally posted by RetroMan
there is a conflict there using two SCSI Controllers in the Amiga I think !

But the Combo030 card also has a SCSI controller, so there also were two SCSI controllers and was no problems... heh . Has someone the jumper settings for the GVP Impact Series II ? Or is there a possibility to disable the SCSI controller onboard the Blizzard 2040 ?

RetroMan · 13 June 2002, 21:36

Well, I just checked the manual for the Blizzard and there is no way to disable the OnBoard SCSI

But why don´t you use it ?? It´s FAR faster than the GVP one

jmmijo · 13 June 2002, 21:50

Is that a SCSI-II or III controller rather then the older SCSI-I type on the GVP card?

RetroMan · 13 June 2002, 21:59

The Blizzard got a SCSI II Controller and AFAIK the GVP Impact II got a SCSI I !

jmmijo · 13 June 2002, 22:12

That's what I was thinking so it's better to use the Blizzard's SCSI interface and forgo the GVP altogher

RetroMan · 13 June 2002, 22:18

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Originally posted by jmmijo
That's what I was thinking so it's better to use the Blizzard's SCSI interface and forgo the GVP altogher

This is exactly what I´m talking about

LUKas007 · 13 June 2002, 23:54

Yes, GVP Impact II 2000-HC has SCSI-1 (DB25 external connector), Blizzard 2040 has Fast SCSI-2 but, I was wondering why, when I use Combo030 everything is fine, and when I put Blizzard 2040 Amiga even isnt able to boot

There are some jumpers on the GVP Impact controller but I dont have any manual and cant find any information on the net... What is more at the moment I have only the short SCSI cable that was shipped with the GVP Impact II 2000-HC and the Quantum 50MB disk :P

jmmijo · 14 June 2002, 05:41

Have you checked out this site? You may be able to find the jumper info

http://www.amiga-hardware.com/gvpimpactii.html

LUKas007 · 14 June 2002, 11:30

Yes, I'd checked it up before... but there's no jumper settings on that page.... or am I wrong ?

LUKas007 · 23 June 2002, 21:41

All in all, I've solved the problem... Just replaced the autoboot ROM chip to v4.5 and there's no more conflict with the Blizzard's turbo card.

jmmijo · 23 June 2002, 23:26

Hey that's great, glad this issue was resolved

LUKas007 · 24 June 2002, 14:20

So do I

It seems that the GVP's autoboot ROM v3.07 is buggy with the Blizzard2040 card...

13 June 2002, 17:37	#1
LUKas007 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 159	GVP Impact Series II 2000-HC and Blizzard2040 conflict I have GVP Impact Series II 2000-HC and changed the GVP Combo030 to Blizzard2040... With the Blizzard2040 I use 2 SIMMs 4MB RAM each. Without the SIMMs everything is OK. But when I equip the Blizzard with the FAST memory the Amiga (A2000 rev6.2B) hangs up during the start... When I plug off the GVP Impact controller the Amiga works with no problems... I can start it from floppy and it has 8 MB FAST. What is the source of such a situation? With the Combo030 all hardware doesnt seem to have any conflicts... __________________ Peace!

13 June 2002, 20:02	#2
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	The Problem is the OnBoard SCSI Controller on the Blizzard, try to use that instead of the GVP one, there is a conflict there using two SCSI Controllers in the Amiga I think ! __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

13 June 2002, 21:36	#4
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	Well, I just checked the manual for the Blizzard and there is no way to disable the OnBoard SCSI But why don´t you use it ?? It´s FAR faster than the GVP one __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

13 June 2002, 21:59	#6
RetroMan Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Germany Age: 40 Posts: 3,704	The Blizzard got a SCSI II Controller and AFAIK the GVP Impact II got a SCSI I ! __________________ --~~= RetroMan =~~-- -= AmigA =- -= ForeveR =-

13 June 2002, 23:54	#9
LUKas007 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 159	Yes, GVP Impact II 2000-HC has SCSI-1 (DB25 external connector), Blizzard 2040 has Fast SCSI-2 but, I was wondering why, when I use Combo030 everything is fine, and when I put Blizzard 2040 Amiga even isnt able to boot There are some jumpers on the GVP Impact controller but I dont have any manual and cant find any information on the net... What is more at the moment I have only the short SCSI cable that was shipped with the GVP Impact II 2000-HC and the Quantum 50MB disk :P __________________ Peace!

13 June 2002, 21:50	#5
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 51 Posts: 2,339	Is that a SCSI-II or III controller rather then the older SCSI-I type on the GVP card?

13 June 2002, 22:12	#7
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 51 Posts: 2,339	That's what I was thinking so it's better to use the Blizzard's SCSI interface and forgo the GVP altogher

14 June 2002, 05:41	#10
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 51 Posts: 2,339	Have you checked out this site? You may be able to find the jumper info http://www.amiga-hardware.com/gvpimpactii.html

14 June 2002, 11:30	#11
LUKas007 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 159	Yes, I'd checked it up before... but there's no jumper settings on that page.... or am I wrong ? __________________ Peace!

23 June 2002, 21:41	#12
LUKas007 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 159	All in all, I've solved the problem... Just replaced the autoboot ROM chip to v4.5 and there's no more conflict with the Blizzard's turbo card. __________________ Peace!

23 June 2002, 23:26	#13
jmmijo Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: PDX Age: 51 Posts: 2,339	Hey that's great, glad this issue was resolved

24 June 2002, 14:20	#14
LUKas007 Registered User Join Date: May 2002 Location: England Age: 34 Posts: 159	So do I It seems that the GVP's autoboot ROM v3.07 is buggy with the Blizzard2040 card... __________________ Peace!

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