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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 06:09:02 AM

Title: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 06:09:02 AM
Hi all,

To anyone who already owns a Minimig...please quote the specs of your PSU :rtfm:

PZ.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: TheDaddy on May 30, 2008, 07:31:59 AM
Hi,

Why?
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 07:34:58 AM
Because I've been told a package has arrived at home & I'm sure it is the Minimig I ordered.

After work (in 20 minutes :-o ) I plan to buy a power supply on the way home so I can have fun with my new toy :-D

PZ.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: TheDaddy on May 30, 2008, 07:37:55 AM
Did you buy it without the PSU?

Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 07:44:11 AM
Yes, because I live in Australia & I'd rather use one designed for here than use an adaptor for a UK or European one.

Now, please tell me your specs before I leave work, please? :-)
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: whiteb on May 30, 2008, 08:26:25 AM
5v 1A stolen from my voip adapter.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: whiteb on May 30, 2008, 08:28:12 AM
Quote

Fingers wrote:
Yes, because I live in Australia & I'd rather use one designed for here than use an adaptor for a UK or European one.

Now, please tell me your specs before I leave work, please? :-)


You do realize that we use the same power voltage and frequency as the UK ? 220v 60hz.

The only difference is the pins on the plug.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: skurk on May 30, 2008, 08:38:41 AM
Quote

whiteb wrote:
You do realize that we use the same power voltage and frequency as the UK ? 220v 60hz.

The only difference is the pins on the plug.


It's 50Hz, and if the plug is different then, well, he will need an adaptor, won't he? :)
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: whiteb on May 30, 2008, 08:42:19 AM
Yeah 50hz, i always get them confused.

If he is unable to cut off the plug and wire up an Australian plug, then yes an Adapter will be needed.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 10:11:29 AM
Well, I found something suitable (5v 450mA), BUT...

The {bleep}ing Minimig won't work! :madashell:

My monitor is getting no signal & the "drive" LED keeps flashing six times, pauses, then flashes six times again & so on.

WTF?!?!

PZ.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 10:49:09 AM
From the error flash documentation:

"6: MMC or SD flash card not found/recognized"

Do I need to format the SD card a different way? :getmad:
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 11:44:58 AM
Well, my PC just died too...FAR OUT!!!!

Any way to format FAT16 with my Mac?!?!


Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Darrin on May 30, 2008, 01:31:52 PM
I use a NEXXTECH universal AC/DC adapter (set for 4.5v DC - it can output between 3v & 12v and allows the polarity of the pin to be changed).  It's a 110v model only, but check locally as they make make a 220-240v version.

On the SD card, you must know someone with a PC - hopefully.

On the monitor, perhaps the monitor can't scan down low enough to deisplay the signal.  I use an LCD monitor with this problem and I have to use THIS core instead:

http://www.mediafire.com/?mywzlxynsl1

Remember to check the jpeg with the docs to configure the jumpers on the Minimig.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: skurk on May 30, 2008, 01:55:23 PM
Quote

Fingers wrote:
Well, my PC just died too...FAR OUT!!!!

Any way to format FAT16 with my Mac?!?!


Absolutely.  'diskutil' to the rescue.  

See this page (http://www.liquidx.net/blog/2007/05/26/format-partition-as-fat16-on-mac-osx/), it gives a very good example on how.
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: alexh on May 30, 2008, 02:29:10 PM
It has to have a regulated PSU or risk killing your minimig
Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 30, 2008, 02:57:55 PM
I already told on EAB you that isn't the problem Alex.

Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 31, 2008, 09:43:28 AM
Cheers Darrin, but I wouldn't think that's the issue here, as the error code shows it can't see the SD card.

I can confirm that it and three other cards I've tried were most certainly FAT16, but it still doesn't recognise them.

Anyone have any more ideas on this?


Title: Re: Attention Minimig owners, I need your help! (please)
Post by: Fingers on May 31, 2008, 01:32:27 PM
Problem solved! :-D

Mac OSX didn't work, formatting as FAT16 with Gparted in Linux did.

PZ.