17 October 2011, 19:17 | #1 |
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EPROMs too slow?
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I own an Amiga 500 with a Kickstart 3.1 original chip. To preserve the original Chip I ordered "AMD 27C400-150" EPROMs and had the data contend of the original Kickstart-chip programmed onto a 27C400-EPROM. Now, placing the EPROM onto my Kickstart-Switch makes no problem, it is working fine. But placing the EPROM directly into the ROM-Socket on the motherboard (Rev. 6a) results in permanent reboots / black screen. I doublechecked and veryfied; the EPROM`s content matches the Original 100%. Well, what is that? Is the EPROM too slow? I guess not, since I heard of working EPROMs with a speed of -200. But why does it work in that Kickstart-switch (2 Kick-Sockets, one 74LS00-chip) but not stand-alone? What could it be? Can I "heal" the problem or can I bin the EPROM? Anyone with an idea? CU, A500Man |
17 October 2011, 21:37 | #2 |
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Was your kick-switcher populated also with the original kickstart chip? If so does the 27c400 work in the switcher alone (the other chip removed)?
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17 October 2011, 22:02 | #3 |
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Yep,
I tried the Kickstart-switch with (only) the original Chip; it worked. Does anyone know what the speed of the original Amiga Kickstart 1.3 is? Hm, the original Kickstart 3.1 is on a "MX23C4100". It does not state a timing, but the MX23C4100 is avaiable in -100, -120 and -150. I fear the Amiga-ROMs are the -100 or -120 types ... Can anyone verify? CU, A500Man Last edited by A500Man; 17 October 2011 at 22:37. |
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17 October 2011, 23:26 | #5 |
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150 is too slow for Amiga use sadly.
Get 100ns ones or at worst 120ns. |
17 October 2011, 23:40 | #6 |
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@yaqube: Sorry, ma english is not too good, I got you wrong. Now I understand: No, when I place only the original Chip and NO other ROM-Chip on the Kickstart-switch the Amiga does not boot. The same for the 27C400.
What do you mean with pullup-resistor? Could I solder an resistor to the 27C400 to help solving the problem? @mfilos: I tried it with an "AMD 27C400-105" a few minutes ago; the same Problem: permanent re-boot. CU, A500Man |
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@yaqube: Sorry, ma english is not too good, I got you wrong. Now I understand: No, when I place only the original Chip and NO other ROM-Chip on the Kickstart-switch the Amiga does not boot. The same for the 27C400.
What do you mean with pullup-resistor? Could I solder an resistor to the 27C400 to help solving the problem? @mfilos: I tried it with an "AMD 27C400-105" a few minutes ago; the same Problem: permanent re-boot. But as I reported: Placing the EPROM on the Kickstart-Switch makes it run. CU, A500Man |
18 October 2011, 08:21 | #8 |
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Seems too strange to be a speed problem... The A4000 mobo has jumper to select 160/200ns speeds - which is far slower than the 105 you are testing with and the A4000 is much faster
Maybe the ROM socket on your mobo has a loose pin-hole? As it works in your ROM swapper -are the legs of your ROM swapper larger? |
18 October 2011, 10:47 | #9 |
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hi :-)
what is the version/revision of your A500 motherboard ? what is the screen color displayed when the eprom is on the motherboard ? |
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If your motherboard revision is 6 or 8 just populate RP106 and RP107. |
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18 October 2011, 22:41 | #11 |
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Jepp,
thank`s yaqube! You gave me an idea and I did some research: the 27C400 has a usual power consumation of 15 mA. The Original Kickstart chips consumes 50 or 60 mA. Hmpf. CU, A500Man |
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Does any one knows if amga can work with faster kickroms like 50 or 70 nanoseconds ?
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Did you guys ever benchmark rom access speed ? Bustest has also rom access speed (at least bandwidth speed and not latency speed though) but if A4000 is set to 160/200 im guessing indeed everything talked about here is even faster than normal roms.
according to this standard roms (or at least some version of them) are 150ns. https://www.amiga-stuff.com/hardware/2mbit-maskrom.html Last edited by suppah; 24 April 2022 at 12:16. Reason: added original C= rom info |
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As mentioned, if Rev.6 or Rev.8, you need to make sure the resistor packs are installed. If it's Rev5 (or Rev.3 probably) then you need a kickstart adapter with the resistors integrated.
With that said, I've had random luck with the EPROMs from far east. I don't know if they are repainted much slower ROMs or just defective, but I've had several not work, even though you can program and verify them. |
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