Amiga 2000

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi it said nothing about scanning ,and I am not really sure what Are the tooltypes for HDToolbox set for the right device?[/ or how to check, all I can say is the installer is 3.1 which I use on my A1200

If you right-click and get Icons -> Information for HDToolbox, what does it say?  I don't have a 3.1 system handy right now, but I do have some 3.1 install disks.  See attached picture:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Well, that sounds like the right settings in HDToolbox, then. I hate to say it, but have you triple-checked the termination on your SCSI device chain? Try unplugging everything but the hard drive and putting the termination jumper on that drive.

Edit: Check the jumpers on your A2091, as well. What are they set to? And what's the ROM version?
 
 Jumpers should match this card, assuming you have the same amount of memory:  http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/photo2.pl?id=a2091&pg=1&res=hi&lang=en

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi on the HD it said TE, AO,AI,A2

Without googling the specific model of hard drive you have (which is something you could do), I'm going to assume TE is Termination.  Run your SCSI cable between just the hard drive controller and the hard drive.  Disconnect your CD drive.  Put a jumper on TE.  What you've gotta do is simplify your system down to one device.  Get it working with one device, then try adding additional devices.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

It's a shame there's no more Amiga user's groups around, anymore.  Am 100% confident that someone with more experience in SCSI could get your A2091 working perfectly in no time.  But if you have money for an IDE solution, go for it.  IDE is certainly (comparably) easier than SCSI.

@danbeaver  - I love your comments lately.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Here's one last dumb, probably obvious thought.  Boot the Amiga while holding down both mouse buttons to enter Early Startup.  Is the A2091 card detected there?  Have you tried it in a different slot?  Cleaned the edge connector?  Made sure all the chips on it are properly seated?  Same as the above suggestion with SysInfo: it should be able to detect the card also (to see if scsi.device is being loaded).

You never said what version ROM's were on the card.  I vaguely seem to recall that you needed the latest A2091 ROM's for it to work under 3.1.  Or this might've been that you needed the latest ROM's to use the card with an '040, my memory's a bit faded here, but again - a google search should straighten you out on that last bit.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

The jumper should be on Auto.  I suspect it was on DIS because the previous owner it was mentioned had an accelerator in there that the drives were connected to.  I assume they disabled the SCSI boot function on the A2091 and were just using it as a ram expansion, or something.

Flip it to Auto and power up with no drives connected.  It might take a while because it's attempting to scan the SCSI bus, but eventually you should get a "Insert Workbench disk" screen.

Also try accessing the "both mouse buttons" early startup menu - just to make sure it's showing up there, and reported as working correctly.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi with no drives attached and the jumper on AUTO the insert workbench screen comes up and if I go into boot options it said DFO Enabled ,and DF1 Enabled

This machine has Kickstart 3.1 ROM, correct? What does it say under "Expansion Board Diagnostic" in the early startup menu?

Also, what ROM version is on the A2091? (two chips, near the top, labeled BOOT ROMS U12 & U13)

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Okay, so, the 5.92 ROM's in the A2091 are pretty old. I can't remember the exact details, but it may be that they don't work with Kickstart 3.1. It sounds like the card itself is working, though, since it shows up in the Early Startup menu, correct?

You can get a set of the latest 7.0 boot ROM's over on Amibay for around $20, or they show up on ebay pretty frequently. Might not hurt to have "the latest and greatest".

Like the others have suggested though, download a copy of SysInfo and try running that. It might help avoid ambiguity if you're able to post pics of some screenshots (even just point a camera phone at the screen might help, LOL).

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

if you need rev. 7 roms i have some.

Man, I wish you still had your webpage. I needed some Rev. 7 ROM's for another project and had to order them all the way from Europe. Got anything else you're holding back on? lol
 
 After 7 pages of comments on this thread I can't seem to get away from, I think we've hit the nail on the head.  I don't recall Brian posting what model or size hard drive he's trying to use, but putting my Sherlock Holmes hat on, I'd say that that's maybe why the 2091 isn't seeing the drive attached to it now.  It's old ROM version isn't working with a more modern drive?  I bet you get these upgrade ROM's might just solve your problems!  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I have pretty much everything i had on the store. Tons of scsi cables,terminators,new 68010's,zips,dips,44pin ide cables,40 pin ide cables,33c93a scsi chips,oscillators,you name it if you ar ein need of something, let me know

Shoot, I just bought a 68010 and a 33c93a from ebay in China a month ago.  Will email you first, next time I have a project!  You don't happen to have any 1Mx4 60ns DIP's for a VXL*30, do you?  I've been looking for those for about two years.

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

I hope to have time to install all my new Miggy 2K parts soon! They are taunting me!

I see your A2000, Gizmo, and I raise you a second one.  If I ever have time for it.  

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Hi Mike

Since Brian is off on a priority plumbing project, I was curious about your 2nd A2000. Do you intend it to be a mirror of the 1st one, or, are you going to expand it differently for some other purpose?

Ha, funny!  I might build it up like my first one, so I can have one at home and one at the office, maybe stripping a few of the parts from my A500 to do so, or maybe I'll build it more for games, or maybe I'll just build it up and sell it, I've got a friend of a friend who's been bugging me that they want an Amiga for months, lol.  

One thing's for sure, whenever I get around to working on it, I want to shoot a video of doing so.  It drives me absolutely bonkers how many threads we get on this site like "How do I install Workbench 3.1", "How do I install Workbench 3.9", etc., that I want to shoot a video of doing all those sorts of things.  So instead of trying to answer the same questions over and over I could just post a link to YouTube!  :lol:

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

PS - @gizmo350 - I totally just stole your picture and reposted it on my Facebook.  Thanks!  :lol: