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Hi all
I have a problem getting any display from my voodoo card. My system is an A3000D with an A3000 Zorro III/II Mediator busboard. and I have a Voodoo 3000 16MB. The jumpers on the PCI 4000 card (first card in the mediator) are Master closed, Winsize closed, swap config open. I am using os 3.9 and i have installed the mediator software as per instructions from elbox (and a few other threads) and had installed Picasso96 as per instructions. I can see the voodoo card in picassomode and i have many different display modes in prefs/screenmode. ![]() I am also using a vga monitor to the onboard video connector and have a 2nd lcd connected to the voodoo card. My problem is if i try to test any screen resolutions either in prefs/picassomode or prefs/screenmode then the mouse pointer changes to busy on the vga screen and i still have a black screen on the lcd. ![]() Does anyone have any ideas as to why i can not get a display with the voodoo card? I have been trying to fix it for 4 days now. Unfortunatly i can not reinstall the OS as there are programs installed that i don't have available any more.(disk corrupted), but i have reinstalled the mediator software and picasso several times with no luck. and i have seached every forum and web link that might offer any help. my lcd is a samsung 931c and the vga is an old IBM E54 crt. This is driving me nuts ![]() Thanks Amiganut13 |
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Can someone please give be some help.
![]() I have done everything i can think of and still nothing works. ![]() ![]() I am starting to wonder if it is the mediator. |
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What PCIinfo says?
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Here is the cli list of pciinfo
Pci Device 1: VendorID: $121a VendorName: 3dfx Interactive Inc DeviceID: $5 DeviceName: Voodoo3 All Voodoo3 chips, 3000 ClassCode: $30000 RevisionID: $1 InterruptPin: 2 SubsystemVendorID: $121a SubsystemID: $36 IOSpace0: $40c06000 - $40c06003 IOSpace1: $40c06400 - $40c06403 IOSpace2: $40c06800 - $40c06803 IOSpace3: $40c06c00 - $40c06c03 IOSpace4: $40c07000 - $40c07003 IOSpace5: $40c07400 - $40c07403 I have noticed a slightly different version where the RevisionID says $FF instead of $1 and Interrupt pin is 1 not 2. pciinfo responds 7 out of 10 times or i get No device found, it seems a little flaky to me. Last edited by amiganut13; 15 October 2009 at 23:49. |
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Similar tot he problem i've had with my 1200 mediator...i swapped the voodoo to the last slot in the mediator and it worked....fluke i suspect though.
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I have tried all the PCI slots and only the first (top) and the 2nd last work the best. I cannot try the last (bottom) pci as the mediator 4000 card is in there and its the only slot that lines up with the zorro slot.
I have had various degrees of success but never had a display through the card. I also have a S3Trio32/64 4mb card but could not get it to even be seen by picasso. |
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I have also found http://www.elx.neostrada.pl/graphics/graphics.shtml.htm
to be very useful. ![]() I have also looked at http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthread.php?t=39502 and http://www.amiga.org/forums/showthre...t=34865&page=1 which have given me some help ![]() |
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#8 |
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I have got it back to show the voodoo in screenmode but when i select a resolution and click test the window freezes and no display on the voodoo.
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can anyone help me?
Someone has to know!! I have noticed that sometimes with pciinfo i get $FF instead of the correct info. Any one know why???? ![]() ![]() |
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Two possible culprits:
1- Non-aligned Mediator. Some few millimetres off the correct position will cause all sorts of electrical problems with it; 2- Busted/malfunctioning Voodoo card. Hard to tell without plugging the card in another Mediator system or pc. |
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assuming for the moment that the voodo is good.
where is the small alignment adjustment required exactly? Which part of the board? Seems like elbox really made a flaky part. I have never in 20+ years had so many problems with my miggy. Shame no one could get the picasso group to make the mediator.card like the prometheous group did. |
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Does anyone know anything more on the alignment issue?
Like where on the board has the problem. i have noticed that the voodoo card is thinner than other cards and this may contribute to the issue. Also why do i get $FF so much. is this due to the alignment as well. I think i have only had the voodoo card recognized completely and correctly twice. ![]() can someone answer? ![]() ![]() Thanks Amiganut13 |
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The problem is not in the board! Miss alignment is caused by putting the main board slightly off the intended position or using a custom tower, which normally will have some degree of out of perfect alignment.
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ok i finally fixed the alignment issue, and the voodoo3 2000 now shows the correct data with pciinfo.
![]() However i can still not get any display on the lcd connected to it. Only on the crt connected to the vga port on the amiga. when I open picassomode and click on test the system locks up, happens every time. ![]() ![]() What now??? ![]() ![]() can someone help please. ![]() thanks |
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Same as with my Radeon 9200.. I'm going to replace the Radeon and see if it solves the issue.
A1200 + Mediator TX + Radeon9200. |
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Does anyone know why my system locks up if i try to test the display in picassomode or screenmode?
![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The voodoo card is showing correctly in pciinfo most of the time. Please help out a fellow amigian. Thanks |
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I have received another Voodoo3 3000 card. and the card works fine on a PC.
![]() But it fails on the amiga. ![]() ![]() ![]() I don't think i will ever get any pci graphics to work on this mediator or on the amiga 3000. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I know everyone that has this mediator has had issues, and i think that it shows a lack of quality and QA at Elbox. To skimpy to pay the picasso team for a driver, and their service is terrible. I think i will through this in the too hard basket after months of hassles and nothing but grief, and disappointment. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Thanks to all who tried to help. |
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sure have, the link is bookmarked as one of my favs.
![]() I have tried reinstalling the OS 3.9, reinstalled the mediator software,reinstalled Picasso (tried both 2.0 and the 2.1b versions.) I have made sure the card is at 90 degrees and i do get some responce but the card doesn't display all the info with pciinfo. even clean the connection pins. I have tried different pci slots, the top one works the best. i have read quite a few forums on issue others are having. I just don't understand how it can see the card (PCIINFO) and in Picasso, and do a warm reboot and the card is no longer there. Also test in picasso freezes the amiga. I have checked the tooltypes, and done everything else i can think of. ![]() Also i don't think the voodoo card is being initialized, the monitor doesn't flicker on and then back to standby. Last edited by amiganut13; 05 November 2009 at 00:51. |
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#20 |
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Probably you can blame your Mediator or the PSU you are using.
Check the PSU for the voltage levels, especially the +5V rail. A weak PSU supplying a starving Voodoo card is never a good thing. |
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