16 November 2003, 21:05 | #1 |
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Which slot is the video slot ?
I have a 1500\2000 and on the motherboard has these slots
listed from left to right looking from the front of the computer. 1 x inactive XT isa slot 1 x inactive XT isa slot 1 x inactive AT isa slot inline with zorro II 1 x inactive AT isa slot inline with zorro II 1 x zorro II slot (Is this the video slot ?) 1 x zorro II slot 1 x zorro II slot 1 x processor slot Can someone confirm which one is meant to be the video slot ? Also...what would happen if i put this in one of the other zorro II slots and not the video slot ? The graphics card i am trying to put into this computer is a Cybervision 64/3D. Whenever i put this card into the machine i get random crashes... Would Super Buster 11 solve this ? |
16 November 2003, 21:15 | #2 |
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You should be able to use the CV64/3D in ANY of those Zorro II Slots, the Video Slot is for the Scandoubler/Flickerfixer and is located to the right of the PSU
The SuperBuster 11 Issue is an A4000 only thing, this got nothing to do with A2000 .... SuperBuster 11 fixes some errors in DMA Timing for Zorro III Slots/Cards which the A2000 doesn´t have |
16 November 2003, 21:19 | #3 |
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Hmmmm......so why does it crash ?
Is it because i already have 8 meg of memory (1meg chip,7 meg fast) and there isn't any more room for the 4meg Cybervision card ? |
16 November 2003, 21:39 | #4 |
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Just had a look into the manual and yes, that may be the clue
First make sure the CV64/3D is using the first ZII Slot right beside the CPU Slot (recommended) and then take out 3MB of Fast Mem, Chip Mem isn´t a problem .... so that you got only 4MB Fast left .... now put in the CV64/3D and go into the Early Startup Menu and have a look if your card is working correctly .... |
16 November 2003, 21:57 | #5 |
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Early startup menu reports 8512\67 (Cybervision card) is working correctly....
Won't even boot up now....just comes up with a window with an error message in it ! Before,it was actually loading into workbench.....but as soon as i try to enter the workbench screenmode in preferences or the picasso96 settings it would crash straight away ! |
16 November 2003, 22:46 | #6 |
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Put it back as it was.....
I have 4 meg on my scsi controller and 4 meg on my 68030 accelerator. Disabled the 4 meg on the accelerator (didn't want to do this) and the graphic card runs like a dream ! Only problem now is that my Amiga is running as slow as shit ! hahaha...... Any ideas why the graphics card doesn't seem to like the memory on the accelerator card ? |
16 November 2003, 22:51 | #7 |
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If you want more memory, you need to get hold of an accelerator that uses 32Bit Memory, like the Blizzard 2040/2060 for example, most 030er cards only support 16Bit Memory and so do most SCSI Controllers ....
And the A2000 can only adress 8MB of 16Bit Fast Ram |
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The thing is my accelerator is the Impact 3001 ,which i think is 32 bit ? |
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17 November 2003, 08:33 | #10 |
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seems to be running stable with the following adjustment....
1 out of the 4 - 1mb simms on the accelerator card was different, So,i took them all out and put a pair of exactly the same simms back. The machine now has : 1 mb chip ram 2 mb fast ram (accelerator) 4 mb video ram (Cybervision 64\3d) Its ashame i can't put no more than 8mb in this machine though |
20 November 2003, 09:02 | #11 |
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The video slot is the lone slot between the power supply and the right edge of the case.
The CV64/3D however is a Zorro card, you don't need a video slot for that. The optional scandoubler module would plug into a video slot, but it doesn't work with the A2x00.. |
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20 November 2003, 20:26 | #13 |
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So....is 8mb the maximum that i can put in my A2000 ?
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You can fit a lot more RAM on a good 32bit accelerator, however! I have 64MB on my Blizzard 2060. I only have a CV64/3D and a GG2+ card in the Zorro II slots, so I still have plenty of 16bit space. :-) Some older accels map the RAM low by default, however.. Perhaps there's a jumper to make the RAM show up somewhere high in the address space.. Then you might need a separate util to add it to the memlist if your accel is too old to automatically add it. |
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