Strange Blizzard 040/PPC problem

10 March 2011, 20:10

Hello!

I want to ask you for help with my Blizzard PPC... I bought one on eBay, but it looks like, it's not working properly. But before I blame the seller, I want to be sure, that I'm doing everything the right way...

Firstly I ran my Amiga only with blizzard 040/PPC (no hdd, no cf) and with NO memory. Then I jumped to boot menu with no problem.
As next, I added memory module to memory slot of that turbocard, power on Amiga and pressed both mouse buttons to jump to boot menu. At that moment, when boot menu should appear, strange b&w lines shows their magic and then no signal on TV (blue screen).

Why is this happening?

Anybody has some experience with this kind of problem?

Video of that problem is here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM2mKJDHtsA

Thank you for any suggestions.

Mad-Matt · 10 March 2011, 20:14

Hmm, could try pressing space to change the menu screenmode. Might be old firmware which efaulted to multiscan/vga output.

Also, is the memory clipped down ? Couldnt tell from vid if you were just dropping the simm in the slot and letting it be or not

10 March 2011, 20:33

Hm, pressing space helped a little bit. Now I see something, but it looks like NTSC screen on old PAL tv (screen is disturbed, scrolled to the right, that it starts in half of a screen and ends before that half and it's not stable).

How could adding of a memory produce this?

Sorry, I got no manual with that Blizzard, so I don't know about any "magic" keys for this one (I have also old 1230-Mk IV, but there's another keys...).

...but... what about OS? When I put there a SD card (with SD2IDE converter), OS is booting, but again...I see only that b&w lines...
(OS is working normally on my old Blizzard 1230...)

And yes, memory is clipped down, of course.

10 March 2011, 23:06

HA! I get it to work allready. I found out, that pressing an 'esc' during startup will bring me turboboard menu. There was 31kHz screen refresh set as default... So, i changed that to 'no 31kHz screen' and everything works fine now!

Thank you all a lot!

Now, it's time to play with BVision...

but before that, I must find some VGA2HDMI converter

bebek · 17 March 2011, 23:53

I am glad I read this post, just boaught one card like this too and the same problem. Now thanks to you it is all good

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10 March 2011, 20:10	#1
wixet Posts: n/a	Strange Blizzard 040/PPC problem Hello! I want to ask you for help with my Blizzard PPC... I bought one on eBay, but it looks like, it's not working properly. But before I blame the seller, I want to be sure, that I'm doing everything the right way... Firstly I ran my Amiga only with blizzard 040/PPC (no hdd, no cf) and with NO memory. Then I jumped to boot menu with no problem. As next, I added memory module to memory slot of that turbocard, power on Amiga and pressed both mouse buttons to jump to boot menu. At that moment, when boot menu should appear, strange b&w lines shows their magic and then no signal on TV (blue screen). Why is this happening? Anybody has some experience with this kind of problem? Video of that problem is here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM2mKJDHtsA Thank you for any suggestions.

10 March 2011, 20:14	#2
Mad-Matt WHAaaaaa!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Lincoln / UK Age: 34 Posts: 1,382	Hmm, could try pressing space to change the menu screenmode. Might be old firmware which efaulted to multiscan/vga output. Also, is the memory clipped down ? Couldnt tell from vid if you were just dropping the simm in the slot and letting it be or not __________________ *Amiga A1200T - BPPC 040/25 603/175 96mb Ram - Bvision, CGX v4 RTG. OS3.9 + OS4 dual boot.*

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10 March 2011, 20:33	#3
wixet Posts: n/a	Hm, pressing space helped a little bit. Now I see something, but it looks like NTSC screen on old PAL tv (screen is disturbed, scrolled to the right, that it starts in half of a screen and ends before that half and it's not stable). How could adding of a memory produce this? Sorry, I got no manual with that Blizzard, so I don't know about any "magic" keys for this one (I have also old 1230-Mk IV, but there's another keys...). ...but... what about OS? When I put there a SD card (with SD2IDE converter), OS is booting, but again...I see only that b&w lines... (OS is working normally on my old Blizzard 1230...) And yes, memory is clipped down, of course.

10 March 2011, 23:06	#4
wixet Posts: n/a	HA! I get it to work allready. I found out, that pressing an 'esc' during startup will bring me turboboard menu. There was 31kHz screen refresh set as default... So, i changed that to 'no 31kHz screen' and everything works fine now! Thank you all a lot! Now, it's time to play with BVision... but before that, I must find some VGA2HDMI converter

17 March 2011, 23:53	#5
bebek Registered User Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Poole UK Posts: 125	I am glad I read this post, just boaught one card like this too and the same problem. Now thanks to you it is all good .

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