Mediator A1200 "Hardware ID code missing..."

Bamiga2002 · 30 March 2007, 08:10

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

!

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!

Jope · 30 March 2007, 08:22

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

thomas · 30 March 2007, 08:24

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.

Bamiga2002 · 30 March 2007, 10:00

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

.

DDNI · 30 March 2007, 10:04

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

Bamiga2002 · 30 March 2007, 11:34

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...

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

Jope · 30 March 2007, 13:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

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.

Bamiga2002 · 30 March 2007, 13:57

Amen to that

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

Jope · 30 March 2007, 14:04

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 :-)

Bamiga2002 · 31 March 2007, 18:41

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?

Bamiga2002 · 03 April 2007, 08:22

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

!!

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

...

AMIGAZ · 03 April 2007, 08:57

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamiga2002

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

!!

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

...

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

Bamiga2002 · 03 April 2007, 10:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by AMIGAZ

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

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

Zetr0 · 03 April 2007, 12:17

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

infact it should of worked properly first time m8.

Bamiga2002 · 04 April 2007, 08:44

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

Zetr0 · 04 April 2007, 11:17

Gaytro ?

thems girly slap type words

.

keropi · 04 April 2007, 11:35

Zetr0 · 04 April 2007, 11:44

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

Chain · 04 April 2007, 12:31

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

Bamiga2002 · 06 April 2007, 00:15

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zetr0

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

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

. Gonna put the Voodoo in a PeeCee to test it, maybe flash the BIOS...

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chain

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

Can you give me a direct link to that page?

30 March 2007, 08:10	#1
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	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 ! 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!

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30 March 2007, 08:22	#2
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	.. and you have taken everything out and reseated them?

30 March 2007, 08:24	#3
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 6,985	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.

30 March 2007, 10:00	#4
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	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 .

30 March 2007, 10:04	#5
DDNI Targ Explorer Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 5,431	try putting the voodoo in a PC to test it....??

30 March 2007, 11:34	#6
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	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... And now i have i different mouse pointer in my early-boot menu also... whatta f**k??

30 March 2007, 13:57	#8
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Amen to that it's the same pointer! I feared that Elbox software had messed with my harddisk RDB...

30 March 2007, 14:04	#9
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,861	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 :-)

31 March 2007, 18:41	#10
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	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?

03 April 2007, 08:22	#11
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	Ok now the sucker won't even boot anymore with Mediator attached !! 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 ...

03 April 2007, 12:17	#14
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Send the mediator back buddy... its not working thusly its dodgy product. infact it should of worked properly first time m8.

04 April 2007, 08:44	#15
Bamiga2002 BlizzardPPC'less Join Date: May 2004 Location: Finland Age: 46 Posts: 3,210	I think i will Gaytro, but Vesalia seems to be on holiday. Gotta wait...

04 April 2007, 11:17	#16
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	Gaytro ? thems girly slap type words .

04 April 2007, 11:35	#17
keropi . Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Ioannina/Greece Posts: 5,040

04 April 2007, 11:44	#18
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	imma thinking Bamiga2002 is have them fantasy's again....

04 April 2007, 12:31	#19
Chain A-Collector, repairments Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Czech Rep. Age: 50 Posts: 1,536	I had ssimilar problems. MMCDs which are now in shocks are WITHOUT mach chips. Ive got them directly from elbox site (13eur+shipping)

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