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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Waterland on September 01, 2006, 11:47:28 PM

Title: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Waterland on September 01, 2006, 11:47:28 PM

I'm pretty new to Amiga, and I know nothing about installing hardware in Amigas.  I need help installing kickstart ROMs in my A2000.  I currently have Kickstart 2.04 and would like to upgrade to 3.1.  I have a Rev. 6.2 motherboard and a GVP G-Force 030 accelerator card installed.  Are there any other upgrades I need to install before I install the new ROMs?  If possible, I would like step-by-step instructions with pictures, because I don't think I could figure it out by just reading what to do.  Any help is appreciated, and I hate to sound like a total newbie.  This is probably a simple procedure for the rest of you, but I know very little about Amiga upgrading.

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Jeff on September 01, 2006, 11:56:45 PM

If you already have Kickstart 2.04 then the 3.1 upgrade should be as simple as swapping the (1) Kickstart IC with the A500/2000 version. Just make sure that it goes in the correct direction (same as the old one), and then install the Workbench 3.X software.

Good Luck

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Waterland on September 02, 2006, 12:05:04 AM

Thanks for the advice.  I was just afraid I'd install it wrong or remove something I'm not supposed to and totally mess up everything.  Is there only one ROM chip I need to replace?

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: cv643d on September 02, 2006, 12:06:44 AM

Yes it is only one on A2000 and A500.

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Waterland on September 02, 2006, 12:15:21 AM

Ok, thanks again.  I feel like a total idiot now for not knowing such a simple upgrade.

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: TjLaZer on September 02, 2006, 12:48:36 AM

Here ya go!  Directly from Commodore-Amiga, Inc. ;)

http://www.softhut.com/cgi-bin/test/Web_store/web_store.cgi?page=tech_resources/312000.html&cart_id=5043583_22249

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: A1200Power on September 02, 2006, 09:50:27 AM

Hi,

You can also use a Micronik 3way rom adapter. By using this item you can insert your old kicks and use the 1200 3.1 kickroms too.

Work nicely and i also have the same config like you. But beware that if you put in an extra ramcard etc. you might get problems with the maximum RAM of 8mb. So you have to put your memory of the GVP in a higher ram space.

Just look in the forum i asked the question before too.

Greetings Henk

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Zac67 on September 02, 2006, 06:42:15 PM

Local memory on the G-Force is much faster than on a Z2 card, highly recommended to upgrade that memory first - if you can get hold of the special GVP SIMMs.

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Waterland on September 03, 2006, 12:15:07 AM

Do you know of anywhere I can get the GVP simms?  There's an amiga dealer not too far from where I live.  Or are they so rare that not even he would have them?

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: alexh on September 03, 2006, 12:42:12 AM

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Waterland wrote:
There's an amiga dealer not too far from where I live

There are still Amiga dealers?

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: TjLaZer on September 03, 2006, 01:18:32 AM

Amiga Dealers = Places that sell Amiga stuff.  LOL

Title: Re: Kickstart 3.1 in A2000
Post by: Waterland on September 03, 2006, 01:32:31 AM

Yeah, that's what I meant.  Raymond Commodore Amiga in St. Paul, MN. (http://www.visi.com/~raycomp)  It's basically a junk shop full of Commodore and Amiga stuff.  It looks like someone's messy garage.  You can hardly walk through the place trying to avoid all the stuff piled up on the floor.  The funny thing is that the guy who owns it knows where everything is in that mess.  I went in looking for a 1084 monitor and he homed in on one right away in a pile of stuff.

He might have some GVP simms in that mess somewhere, I'll have to go ask.