Hi all,
After recieving your support to find and order 2MB of RAM for my A590; I have continued on with my A500 project.
To date I have found a Rev6a A500 board and a ROM2.04 and now intend to re-format my A590 from work bench 1.3 to 2.0.
I actaully have two sets of work bench 2.0 disks; one set i bought years ago new, and other I purchased recently from eBay. One set is mark WB2.0 another is marked WB2.04. However they both appear to contain pretty much the same software.
When I boot the A500 using the WB2.0 Install disk I use the HD Tools to do a DrivePrep; however WB2 can not recognise the A590 (note it works fine under WB1.3)
I have tried both my versions of WB2, tried without the new RAM on the A590, and even tried with my trapdoor RAM removed.
The A590 just will not be recognised by the WB2.0 Install software.
As a trial i went back to WB1.3 and the A590 Install disk picked up the A590 no problems; so i am confident that the drive is still working.
What can I try?
I have a Rev5a A500 board, should I give that a go?
Should I source a new BIOS for the A590 - I haven't upgraded it and there is discussion on the web about version 7 and 8 BIOS's.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Derek.