23 January 2012, 22:10 | #1 |
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PCMCIA Memory Issues
Hi,
I was wondering if someone could help me.... I've got an A600 with an additional 1MB Chip and a 2MB PCMCIA memory card. The card was working fine... until a few weeks ago when it started to give me problems. Basically, it seems to be OK when starting up (WB recognises the additional memory and actually uses some of it). However, when the Amiga tries to access anything over 1MB on the PCMCIA memory (e.g. loading any large program, WHDLoad games etc) the Amiga locks up, resets and then gives a Software Error warning. Any ideas what the problem can be? Is it a duff PCMCIA memory card or is there something else? I've also tried with a new WB install and I get the same results. Is there a way to fix this? Thanks in advance Moora |
23 January 2012, 22:12 | #2 |
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Do you have any bent pins on PCMCIA connector?
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23 January 2012, 22:18 | #3 |
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There is a tool for use with PCMCIA SRAM cards called CardPrep (IIRC).
It's used for formatting the card as a RAMDisk. I'm not sure if it's possible, so I'm only guessing, but maybe your card has been half-formatted as a RAMDisk? |
23 January 2012, 22:28 | #4 |
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Thanks- I tried that but it came back and said "card is already in use as system RAM", which I take it means that it thinks that the memory is OK...
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25 January 2012, 00:06 | #6 |
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Thanks for all the help- I've used PrepCard to change the card (through advanced settings) as 2 x 512K banks, meaning it's now saying it's 1MB in size. I'm not having any problems with it when it's set to 1MB (although it did work as 2MB). I'm tempted to try to change it to a storage device then turn it back to memory... but if I'm honest, I'm a bit worried that it won't work. And 1MB is better than 0MB... do you think it would be OK to change it to a storage device and then back again?
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25 January 2012, 00:22 | #7 |
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That's effectively what I suggested above. I don't see what harm it can do. The change is supported in both directions: RAM to DISK and DISK to RAM. So let's see what happens...
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25 January 2012, 09:30 | #8 |
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hey Moora, what's the brand and model of this card?
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25 January 2012, 18:59 | #9 |
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thanks for all the help - I prep'd the card as a disk (it said it had 2MB available), rebooted and it recognised it. I didn't format it, as I was a bit concerned there may be issues...
Anyway, I then ram prep'd it back to auto settings and it recognised that it had 2MB of memory available. However, running any programs over 1MB caused it to crash as before. Finally, I set it back to 2x 512KB memory banks and it works fine- I did try 3x512KB and it has the exact same problem as when it's set to 2MB.... very strange. The make and model? I'm not sure as the label is missing- I think it was an ALLESUS card, although I may be wrong. The seller on ebay said it was... |
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