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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Miloo on March 22, 2007, 06:03:11 PM

Title: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: Miloo on March 22, 2007, 06:03:11 PM

Hi

Ive just got back into the Amiga scene after a gap of 5 years. Ive bought an Amiga 4000 030 and a DCE flicker magic. Now with everything connected I dont get a picture on my monitor (IBM P96).
Has anyone got some instructions as to connecting the flicker magic as the instructions ive got have no picture and i think ive connected it properly following them, i dont have an appropiate monitor to test the computer either. When i press the caps lock button the light goes on/off and thats how far i can get. The screen is just blank, im hoping i havent got a dead board.

Specs
Amiga 4000 rev B with superbuster 11, 3.1 roms, flicker magic, cdrw, hard drive, floppy, 16mb fast ram, a3630 cpu card.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: therail on March 22, 2007, 06:09:42 PM

yeah http://bboah.claunia.com/flickermagic_man.jpg (http://bboah.claunia.com/flickermagic_man.jpg)

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: cv643d on March 22, 2007, 06:12:33 PM

Some monitors wont work with the scandoubler. For example my 15 inch TFT wont show any picture from the DCE scandoubler, but my 23" TFT shows one (although a very ugly image).

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: keropi on March 22, 2007, 07:00:34 PM

have a look at the pics on this THREAD (http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=24714) to make sure u installed it correctly...
also u will need a monitor to display 50hz to get a pal picture from the sd/ff... some tft's can't do 50hz... 99% of crt monitors will work though!
also try to make the A4000 to use NTSC mode, which will make the flickermagic output a 60hz signal that is OK with all tft's...
there is a jumper on the A4000 mobo called PAL/NTSC

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: Miloo on March 22, 2007, 07:40:05 PM

I have installed the flicker magic correctly so its not that. My monitor is a crt and displays upto 80hz so i guess i may have a dead mobo cos i no the flicker magic works ok. Would the caps lock light still work if the mobo was dead tho?

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: keropi on March 22, 2007, 07:54:31 PM

try press caps lock for more than 10 times... if it still works (ie the light goes on and off and does not stuck) it is some good news~!

Title: Re: Amiga 4000 + DCE flicker magic
Post by: Miloo on March 23, 2007, 03:33:07 AM

It lights on/off 6 times and thats it!