Mediator A1200 "Hardware ID code missing..."
 

I just had got things working, setting screenmodes OK with Picasso96Mode and booted the A1200 to a 1024x768 WB a few times. Then after work i come home, turn the power on and the machine boots fine....upto the point where monitor drivers are loaded (LoadMonDrvs) and up comes the message requester with "Hardware ID code missing..." shit :mad!

It means no Voodoo output on the monitor for me and only native screenmodes work. Now i have emailed Elbox about this but came to think if any of you Mediator+Voodoo gurus should know a cure to this or something. Heeelp! :guru

.. and you have taken everything out and reseated them?

The message means that you have installed software from Elbox which needs a hardware product as dongle. If the message comes from the Mediator drivers, then the Mediator is probably not connected properly.

If the message comes from the CD-ROM driver (AllegroCDFS) then you need a FastATA or PowerFlyer, otherwise it will not work.

I disconnected the Mediator and reconnected it back, do i need to re-seat something else? The Mediator IS the one with upgraded MACH chips. Also i tried the Voodoo card in all of the PCI slots, reinstalled all software (Picasso96, Mediator & Voodoo drivers), renamed all things accordingly CVision3D --> Voodoo and the tooltype also. ScanPCI finds the Voodoo but double-clicking on the monitor file produces the "hardware ID code missing" requester. It's not AllegroCDFS causing it, i don't even have it.

I'm confused, it worked fine for some time before :(.

try putting the voodoo in a PC to test it....??

OK as it seems i *DON'T* have the upgraded MACH chips on my Mediator, neither did i receive ones with my MMCD. I looked the info here:

http://www.stom.co.uk/amiga-mediator...ll/index.shtml

Shit, is this an Elbox prob or Vesalia's because i bought the darn card from Vesalia...:confused


And now i have i different mouse pointer in my early-boot menu also... whatta f**k??

A purple dragon pointer replaces the normal OS pointer in the Amiga Early Startup Control Screen (boot menu) when the AmigaOS system date is set to March 30th; no specific year is required. (click thumbnail for larger image). Mark Knibbs notes that this may have been the work of Angela Schmidt, whose nickname is/was Nessie. Apparently the dragon image was used as a pointer in one of her programs.
http://www.gregdonner.org/workbench/...b_39dragon.jpg

Amen to that :) it's the same pointer! I feared that Elbox software had messed with my harddisk RDB...

Hmm. It'd have had to somehow patch your filesystem then in order to have been able to inject code into your system via the RDB.. I don't think partition bootblocks are used for much of anything :-)

Do you think i should re-seat the mach-chips because i got the Voodoo working for a day before the annoying "ID code missing" message came bothering me?

Ok now the sucker won't even boot anymore with Mediator attached :mad!!

I removed all the mach chips and re-seated them (carefully ofcourse), as well as cleaning contact surfaces on motherboard, Mediator and BPPC.

FFS i'm getting quite pissed with things like this happening! Waiting for answer from Elbox now.

Maybe Vesalia should send me a replacement board :evilgrin...

Sure it don't needs a couple or three cold reboots to boot?
Mine needs at least 2 cold reboots to boot....damn 1D4 motherboard :guru

Doen't help a bit. The miggy won't boot with Mediator installed.

Send the mediator back buddy... its not working thusly its dodgy product.

infact it should of worked properly first time m8.

I think i will Gaytro, but Vesalia seems to be on holiday. Gotta wait...:guru

Gaytro ?



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:lol :lol :lol

imma thinking Bamiga2002 is have them fantasy's again....

I had ssimilar problems.
MMCDs which are now in shocks are WITHOUT mach chips. Ive got them directly from elbox site (13eur+shipping)

You're damn right there ;). But hey i got the Med booting again removing and re-seating all mach chips, but the "hardware ID..." shit goes on & on. No solution even with the latest MediatorUP :sad. Gonna put the Voodoo in a PeeCee to test it, maybe flash the BIOS...

Can you give me a direct link to that page?