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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: sheepz on September 13, 2022, 02:48:29 PM

Title: A2000 - TF536 TERRIBLEFIRE TURBO BOARD IDE - Slow boot
Post by: sheepz on September 13, 2022, 02:48:29 PM

Hi

My A1500 / 2000 have a few mods. I love it to bits but the main issue is slow booting time. From Cold it 2minute 30 seconds and averaging 1 minute 40 seconds from a reset.

First installing the TF536 with the IDE to SD card reading hard drive that came with the computer it was taking the best part of 6-5 minutes to start with a 1.5 meg DH0 read speed. It was painfully slow to open drawers, copy ect. (worse that the HARDFRAME SCSI and 50 meg hard drive that came with the unit and KS1.3)

Once adding to the end of startup-sequence CPU FASTROM BURST  >NIL: The improvement was night and day with a DH0 read speed for 4.5-5meg. (No MMU in user-startup)

But the start up speed is still rather slow, I get the TF colour flash then its just a black screen till it boots, any idea on how to improve this?

Regards

Barry

Title: Re: A2000 - TF536 TERRIBLEFIRE TURBO BOARD IDE - Slow book
Post by: lionstorm on September 13, 2022, 08:41:38 PM

maybe a timeout issue ? TF is maybe looking for something which is not present and does nothing until until the timeout is reached.

pure guess since this kind of thing also happened on my X-5000 after addition of a SATA PCI card.

Title: Re: A2000 - TF536 TERRIBLEFIRE TURBO BOARD IDE - Slow boot
Post by: kolla on September 14, 2022, 09:23:59 AM

Boot without startup-sequence, is that also super slow? If not, enter "set echo on" and "execute s:startup-sequence" and find what it hangs on.

Title: Re: A2000 - TF536 TERRIBLEFIRE TURBO BOARD IDE - Slow boot
Post by: utri007 on September 14, 2022, 09:17:23 PM

I have same issue with slow boot. Terrible fire says it is because a FFS block size. Setting to 4096 block size would speed it up.

Wondering why this is this way with TF accelerators? Why this is not problem with other boards?

Title: Re: A2000 - TF536 TERRIBLEFIRE TURBO BOARD IDE - Slow boot
Post by: sheepz on September 15, 2022, 12:21:46 PM

Quote from: kolla on September 14, 2022, 09:23:59 AM

Boot without startup-sequence, is that also super slow? If not, enter "set echo on" and "execute s:startup-sequence" and find what it hangs on.

Hi Kolla

Give it a go, and nothing, just a long 2 minutes wait for the reset. I think maybe utri007 is right about the block size, I think mine is set at 1024 ( although not sure I am checking correctly).

Think I might have to live with it, luckily its a rather stable machine!

Just need to get better at making up my on HD card on the PC, my next project I guess for when it gets too cold to work on my cars outside!

Thanks

Barry