Installing two SCSI controlers...

[giZmo350]

Hi all....
My A2000 currently has a GVP A2000-HC +8 SCSI controller w/HDD & CD.
A very generous chap here on the site sold me a Phase 5: Blizzard 2060/ERC 40MHz w/SCSI onboard controller.
 
1st thing I did was drop the 040.library in libs on my WB2.1.
Popped in the card and got....  nothing. No boot.
So, fiddled around with every jumper imaginable on both cards.
I decided to just see if the Blizzard would boot on it's own with my HDD.
Yup... cool! Fast? :eek: Uh, OMG! Blazing!
Popped the GVP back in and no boot. If I remove the autoboot jumper from the GVP the system will boot off the Blizzard.
 
Now, here's the kicker, I used SCSI-Inquire that came with ASIM-CDFS and I can see the system simply can't see both SCSI drivers from their respective ROMs. Either one or the other but not both. Any thoughts?
 
Rog............

[Nostalgiac]

I had an identical experience... I had a "Hard Disk Card+2" and got the 2060. No boot... took out the old GVP and all was well. Nothing wrong with either card, but they did not work together. Of course the 2060 is blistering fast anyhow
With it, there is little point of keeping the old gvp; just sell it

ta
Tom UK

[Zac67]

In general, it's absolutely no problem to run multiple SCSI adapters in a single Amiga. I'm pretty sure the GVP ROM does not work with an '060 -  early ROM versions have those issues as I recall. The incompatibility makes the machine crash when both '060 and GVP SCSI are present. You could try deactivating the caches in early startup, but that's only with Kickstart 3+.

If you want the GVP to work, you'll need to update the ROM. Otoh, that doesn't really have a point as the Blizzard's SCSI is way faster.

[Nostalgiac]

I agree Zac - I had an Octagon + GVP working together fine. I suspect the GVP rom indeed; but I had upgraded my card to the very last/newest version (dont ask.. forgot which) and no go.

But .. bleeep... the 2060 is fast

Tom UK

[Matt_H]

Before you go through the hassle of getting a new ROM for your GVP board, you can use a soft ROM from Ralph Babel's website (http://www.babel.de). With GVP autoboot disabled, just drop the driver into SYS:Expansion and your GVP board should hopefully work just as before - minus autoboot, of course.

If that works, then you can go ahead with getting a new ROM. I think TJLazer here at Amiga.org sells them.

If that doesn't work, then maybe even the latest GVP ROM is buggy with 060/Blizzard boards. In which case, you should probably transfer your GVP board to another machine, keep it for an emergency, or sell it on. SCSI performance on the Blizzard will be much better.

[giZmo350]

Ahhh, all very good points to remove the GVP. Although I am going to try Matt's suggestion before putting the GVP back in it's box. The GVP ROM version is 3.07
 
Just two things that bug me with removing GVP.
1. No place to mount my Hard Drive now
2. When playing an audio CD (very choppy without accelerator), the sound no longer is heard from the motherboard audio ports. I suspect that has something to do with the SCSI operating on the CPU slot though. I simply plugged the speakers into the audio jack on the front of the CD unit to resolve. CDs play perfect now!
 
Man, I love this Blizzard!
 
As always, thanks guys!
 
BTW, is there a place to connect the case HDD light to the Blizzard?

[save2600]

Failing the other options or whatever, I have a GVP Omni 3.5 ROM you're welcome to if you'd like to give it a try...