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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: pooop on August 31, 2015, 05:57:55 PM
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I am in the process of getting my a1200 tower up and running again but have run into a few issues.
1: have installed a 80gb hdd but is only recognizing 20gb of this i have set up dh0 as a 2.2gb partition and have tried sfs and pfs but still only shows as 18gb partition
2: the graphics card is only working with one resolution 16 bit 640x480 anything else and the lcd tv says it is out of range full specs see below
3: i keep getting a terminate ppc nag requester on boot up and would like to remove it.
any help appreciated
A1200 tower
OS3.9
80gb hdd
blizzard ppc card 160/40
bvision graphics card
128mb fast ram
4xeide interface
cd-rw drive
100mb zip drive
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Hi! You've got a lot going on here and it might be easier to break this down into separate questions. For starters I would make sure you have a fresh install of the OS and all the updates. Also what RTG software are you using? If Picasso96, I think the latest version is available here:
http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/Picasso96.htm
Also what monitor are you using?
Sounds like you've got a nice system, your screen name made me LOL. :D
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i am using cybergraphx v3 that came with the ppc/bvision cards and i am using a wharfedale 32" tv as the monitor
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have got the hhd sorted almost, got a 2.2gb for wb and 68gb for work and now got a ramlib error after a fresh install of os3.9
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Are you using the correct 68040.library for your Blizzard card? Does your fresh OS3.9 install include BB 3 & 4?
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i am not sure about the lib and not yet but i have bb 3&4 on a zip disk
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2: the graphics card is only working with one resolution 16 bit 640x480 anything else and the lcd tv says it is out of range full specs see below
3: i keep getting a terminate ppc nag requester on boot up and would like to remove it.
2. You need to know the specs of your monitor and set it up with the cgfx prefs program, the presets supplied with it is for old CRT monitors so you might need to do the settings all by yourself. And do yourself a favor and install cgfx4.x instead of 3.x, it's been around 15 years since i used cgfx3 with a bvision so i might be wrong but 4.x was way faster than 3.x on bvision.
3. Install bppcfix to get rid of that nag requester. There are atleast two options for this, i prefer to use the bppcfix module from Blizkick http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/BlizKick
It might seem like a lot of work to install it but it's really worth it if you do it right, just read the manual carefully about how to make it softkick the OS3.9 kickstart and you'll be fine. There's lot's of usefull modules supplied with blizkick that you can use, there's also one module that might help you with the ramlib crashes (ramlibstack?)
If you prefer to have you'r amiga do several reboots upon cold start you can skip blizkick and install bppcfix as a standalone package.
http://powerup.amigaworld.de/download.php?id=54
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3. Install bppcfix to get rid of that nag requester. There are atleast two options for this, i prefer to use the bppcfix module from Blizkick http://aminet.net/package/util/boot/BlizKick
NO! There is no need anymore for bppcfix since the last Warpup version! you can set Terminator 2 and mark "early term" that will do the job!
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Hi! You've got a lot going on here and it might be easier to break this down into separate questions. For starters I would make sure you have a fresh install of the OS and all the updates. Also what RTG software are you using? If Picasso96, I think the latest version is available here:
http://lilliput.amiga-projects.net/Picasso96.htm
Also what monitor are you using?
Sounds like you've got a nice system, your screen name made me LOL. :D
:confused: wondering about picasso96 works with a BvisionPPC :laughing:
Picasso 96 3.0 works with BVision, but this version was never released to public.... it was used to develop OS 4.x
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*update* I have started again from scratch. Hard drive is sorted. Have not installed warpos or 3d as of yet so no nag requester cgx modes have disappeared but the prefs are in devs/monitors, I presume this is down to boing bags altering the startup sequence. Also I have bought a new rgb/scart from amigakit and just get a white screen when using games. I have another one that works fine with crt but get black and green screen on the lcd tv. Would just like to get a decent resolution and be able to use 1 lcd tv for cgx and ocs, ecs and aga screen modes