21 May 2024, 11:12 | #1 |
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Warpengine with black screen in A4000
I need some advice(s) regarding a Warpengine CPU card.
I want to use it in an original (completely fixed and working) A4000D motherboard. (It has KS3.1, onboard 16 MB ram, recapped, some traces were rebuilt, etc.) The Warpengine has a 060 on it @74 MHz and RAM fully installed. It was jumpered to have SCSI drives, but currently I have not attached any drive. It was tested in another A4000D, and a ReA4000D-CR board, worked flawlessly. Can be the lack of devices on the SCSI chain that stops the card's initialization sequence? The mobo is OK, I've tested it with an A3640 card (040@25 MHz) I've heard that the WarpEngine is really sensitive and have some issues to work, unlike other CPU cards it complains for various things. So far the only difference in my (non-working) config compared to my friend's operating systems is in the SCSI units. TIA. |
21 May 2024, 11:29 | #2 | ||
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The WarpEngine was an 040 card not an 060. Does it have an 040->060 adapter?
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https://amiga.resource.cx/manual/WarpEngine.pdf Could it be exceeding the maximum power output of your PSU? Remove all Zorro cards, HDDs etc. and see if that helps? |
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21 May 2024, 11:48 | #3 | |
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I'm suspicious about the SCSI, so only that thing remained. Yes, the card was originally built with a 040 but it was exchanged. It is properly working as a 060 in another machine, but I did not attached any SCSI drive... |
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21 May 2024, 14:43 | #4 |
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Good luck.
They never made a WarpEngine that was directly 060 compatible and the board cannot be modified to take an 060 directly so it must use an 040->060 adapter. These have become widely used but it is an extra failure point. |
21 May 2024, 15:07 | #5 |
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I hate using the word assume, but here goes for nothing.... After Alex's advice RE the Jumpers, most accelerators have specific Jumper settings on the Motherboard for correct working. The Warp Engine is quite specific as it has two different ways is can handle DMA with the Amiga's bus. Iirc, you must set motherboard Jumpers JP100 and JP104 to EXT. Make sure the Warp Engines Jumpers are also set correctly for the speed of memory installed & to get the absolute best speed possible, use 60ns or less. Get the Jumpers right on the Motherboard & it should work, even with no SCSI devices on the bus. If jumpers are set to Autoboot, there might be a delay of 30 seconds for the Warp SCSI to scan itself & confirm no drives & then boot. - I fail to see an Autoboot jumper setting made causing the card not to respond in any manner. *Note* - If you are trying to Maprom in your Startup-sequence booting from an IDE drive, you never will boot because the Warp cannot maprom. If you were, I'd expect your A4KD to crash & perhaps Guru though you mention nothing about this. If you are convinced the Mobo Jumpers are set correctly, do & observe the following: Power on, Power LED will be dim & then go bright in 1 to 2 seconds. Press the Caps lock key every second afterwards. If it stops going on - off - on - off, then the Amiga isn't seeing your Warp Engin's CPU meaning one or several things. JP100 & JP104 set wrong or CPU card edge connector is not seated correctly. Manual for Warp Engine here: https://amiga.resource.cx/manual/WarpEngine.pdf Question at thread? - Do these 060 Modified Warp Engines require a Modified Kickstart ROM to function? - Unfortunately, I never had the pleasure of playing with an 060 Warp Engine. Last edited by Kin Hell; 21 May 2024 at 15:37. Reason: bloody Corsair K100 typos |
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I assume we're talking about generic 040-060 adapters here. Yes, they need a modified ROM to disable the FPU (in case of a full 060).
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21 May 2024, 15:46 | #7 | |
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I think the OP is is a bit vague with the understanding of how this should work along with the possibility of lack of knowledge to set up correctly. From my side of the fence, I would not have thought it necessary to have specific ROM's for an 040 to 060 conversion. The sockets are the same but the Voltage Regulator needs changing. Just thought I'd ask as a matter of courtesy having not had the pleasure of playing with one. @ Trixster Help! |
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21 May 2024, 15:56 | #8 |
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Yes, the card has adaptor to be able working with 060 CPUs. Moreover, it is working as it is in another A4000D, my only problem is that the other board is not mine
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The Caps Lock led works properly, which means for me the config does not hangs completely. Also, during powerup the screen shows some rather usual flashes as it does with my other Amigas powered with 060, but then I get a black screen. That's why it's suspicious for me that it stops during the self test kind of thing. Regarding the SCSI what would be interesting to know if SCSI is enabled & autobooting, could that be stop the card working at all, when there is no devs added to the SCSI chain. I haven't found any info regarding this in the manual. I've tried both with INT and EXT setting to boot up the machine, but had no luck at all. I was waiting for several minutes. At the end of the day I can believe only in SCSI chain's issue, e.g. jumper setting mod and/or attach SCSI device(s). |
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21 May 2024, 16:12 | #10 |
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Exec.library does indeed need a patch for a 060 to boot on KS <=3.1.
060 CPU cards have this, 040 cards do not. (I think some people who responded are a bit vague with the understanding of how this should work along with the possibility of lack of knowledge to set up correctly ) Edit: The other machine probably has a newer KS. Last edited by fgh; 21 May 2024 at 18:20. Reason: bold formatting |
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@ fgh.....
Thank's fella. My feelings exactly. Does OS3.9 patch this when mapping its ROM into Ram? - Can the Warp Engine boot OS3.9 if this is done when not being able to MapROM? @ OP So as Alex suggests, remove Jumper H, J & K to disable Autoboot. Does she boot? - If not, get patching or go beyond 3.1 ROMS. Last edited by Kin Hell; 21 May 2024 at 16:28. |
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Update Kickstart and it will be fixed I am sure. Last edited by alexh; 21 May 2024 at 18:31. |
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21 May 2024, 18:29 | #13 |
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No it does not. And back when we used to make ‘3.9 ROMs’ the exec patch was not commonly used, as 040-060 adapters were not yet common.
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21 May 2024, 21:12 | #14 |
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Thanks all for the tip. Yes, the other motherboard has KS3.2, while mine has KS3.1, so now I will change it then pray. ????
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21 May 2024, 23:55 | #15 |
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Or just you know, put an 040 in it (obviously remove the 060 adapter first) and make sure everything is working, then install an updated ROM, keep testing with 040, then reinstall the 060 adapter and 060.
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Good luck fella. Last edited by Kin Hell; 22 May 2024 at 20:56. |
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23 May 2024, 09:04 | #17 |
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Guys, thanks again for the recommendation of exchanging the KS chip, I've removed the KS3.1, added 3.2 and the machine was booting up immediately!
So much suffering seems to end now at long last. |
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The modified exec disables the fpu to allow the machine to boot. The fpu is then re-enabled by setpatch (I believe). As the WarpEngine was never originally shipped with an 060 it’s bootrom does not carry code to disable the fpu like bootroms on other accelerators do, hence the requirement to patch exec to do it very early in the machine’s boot process. |
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23 May 2024, 10:07 | #19 |
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Yes, the FPU is active when WB is loaded, as the WhichAmiga tells, so everything's fine.
Thanks again for everyone. |
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Thank you for extrapolating on fgh's comment. - You're just never to 0ld to stop learning. Great info fella & thank you. Glad you're sorted. Enjoy! |
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