Installing a A3640 into a A3000T

[prowler]

I just bought a 3640 to put into my A3000T (Genuine not a desktop put into a case)

When I have the 3640 plugged in I just get a grey screen. When I bought the 3000T years ago, I remember the bloke I got it off saying it used to have one in there but he sold it seperately.

A quick look at some of the numbers on chips such as the Ramsey and DMAC it would appear they could be a little newer though. Is there any programmes out there that can tell you for sure what version chips you have though ?

I would definately like to get this 040 going for some extra speed over the old 030

[alex]

I hope I'm not being too obvious, but did you check the proper jumper setting on the motherboard?

I don't think they were different from the desktop but I think you have like three jumpers to change.

-Alex

[Brian]

3 jumpers? hmm.. I thought it was just the clock that needed to be changed from internal to external when changing between 030 and 040.

[Damion]

Hey prowler,

Harry Sintonen wrote a cool program called
"which amiga"...it will tell you which revisions
and so forth of your chips. It's available on
aminet as "WhichAmiga.lha".

[prowler]

Sorry if my original post didn't make to much sense but I was pretty tired when I submitted it (I had just finished work).

Since I don't have the manual for the 3000T or for the 3640 I decided to do a search via google for jumper settings, the only jumper I saw that seemed to be of any use was the clock source, J104 I think it was, which I did try changing without any noticable change.

Does anyone know what jumpers need to be changed to what settings ? Is there a nice diagram anywhere of the 3000T motherboard which shows the positions of all the jumpers as well. It's a big motherboard

@D
Thanks for the name of a programme I can try, when I get home (yes I am at work again, you have to love 12 hour shifts) I will give it a go.

[Brian]

Just checked out http://wonkity.com/~wblock/a4000hard/mbjumper.html (for the A4000) and it has 2 jumpers to change being the J104 CPU Clock Source and the J100 CLK90 Clock Source. Might help you?

[prowler]

Just had a look at the site;

J100: CLK90 Clock Source
          1-2 Closed: Internal (68020/68030)
          2-3 Closed: External (68040)

I remmeber seeing a J100 on the motherboard very close to the J104. I will definately have to give this a go. Thanks

[Brian]

Hope you get the thing to work and if you do then feel free to buy me a beer next time you see me. :-D

[Matt_H]

Chech http://www.amiga-hardware.com for some more detailed information. There seem to be a LOT of incompatibility problems associated with this card.

[Herewegoagain]

You could also try this page for info:

http://www.l8r.net/technical/t-a3640.shtml

[prowler]

Funny you should mention the www.l8r.net site since that's where I managed to get the informationthat I needed

The only jumpper I needed to change which I wasn't was the one to turn the FPU on the mainboard off and it works fine.

Infact I am using the machine as I type

Whilst web browsing is still slower than on my PC it's defintely usuable now whereas before it was quite painful.

Thanks to everyone who replied with helpful suggestions!

[Matt_H]

Glad to hear everything's working. The speed increase from a new accelerator is always satisfying.  :-)