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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: jackstork on February 11, 2010, 11:32:09 AM

Title: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: jackstork on February 11, 2010, 11:32:09 AM: Hi everybody,
i'm an old/new amiga user, i bought same time ago a blizzard ppc 200-04/25 and now it's time to change the 040 with the "new" 060 (the 060 at that time has been my greatest dream).

My question is:
when i have to flash the bios, Before change the cpu or After?

In this site say before:
http://www.g-mb.de/P5Rework.html

In this site say after:
http://translate.google.fr/translate?u=http://obligement.free.fr/articles/blizzard040060.php&sl=fr&tl=en&hl=fr&ie=UTF-8

so i'm confused, could someone plese tell me for sure if i have to flash before or after the rework?

Many many thanks.

sorry for my bad english.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: ZeBeeDee on February 11, 2010, 11:37:56 AM: Do the CPU swap first then upgrade the BIOS
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: jackstork on February 11, 2010, 11:51:56 AM: Ok, many thanks ZeBeeDee!

So:

1. Change CPU
2. Chage 68K Selector to 060
3. Change Voltage Selector to 3.3v
4. In my case leave the 040 50MHz oscillator(should be perfect for my new 060 50Mhz)
5. Flash with the 060 bios.

For flash have i to boot from floppy?
Which is the last 060 flash file i have to use?

Thanks.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: ZeBeeDee on February 11, 2010, 12:06:30 PM: Quote from: jackstork;542655
For flash have i to boot from floppy?
Which is the last 060 flash file i have to use?

Delshay is the man with the answers to your remaining questions. he knows more about the PPC's than anyone else on here IMHO :)
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: delshay on February 11, 2010, 03:27:05 PM: go to link below and download the flashupdate 44.71

http://phase5.a1k.org/
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: jackstork on February 11, 2010, 03:59:42 PM: Thank you delshay,

i'll start the job and i will keep you informed.

Many thanks to everybody.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: jackstork on February 12, 2010, 11:29:25 AM: I did it!!!!!!!!!

060 running under my Amiga!!!!!!!

The hardest thing was unsold the 040 pins under the memory slot especially the last in the corner.

A dubt: the flashing process taken about 30 seconds instead 30 minutes (i readed in the various sites) but everithig seems to be ok, it's normal?

Thank to everybody for the help.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: Framiga on February 12, 2010, 11:46:52 AM: type in a shell

version blizppc.device

if you get v 44.71, is successfully updated.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: StormLord on February 12, 2010, 11:56:14 AM: it did only 30secs because the 060 was initialized as cpu, if all went ok, there is no problem.
I just prefer to flash the upgraded card being disabled by pressing the key 2 when starting the amiga, and then flash with /force parameter, this flashing just takes some minutes(because 020 is running the process) , because in some cards the 060 can't be initialized with 040 firmware, and when the ppc part is overclocked its possible that the card will not be properly recognized and the flashing will stop.
Title: Re: Blizzard PPC Upgrade 040 to 060 Flash questions.
Post by: delshay on February 12, 2010, 12:41:07 PM: Quote from: jackstork;542824
I did it!!!!!!!!!

060 running under my Amiga!!!!!!!

The hardest thing was unsold the 040 pins under the memory slot especially the last in the corner.

A dubt: the flashing process taken about 30 seconds instead 30 minutes (i readed in the various sites) but everithig seems to be ok, it's normal?

Thank to everybody for the help.

welldone

it shows you a very skilled with a soldering iron.

removing 040 is not a easy task,also when soldering in the CPU or socket don`t over do it with solder,as solder can leak to the other side of the PCB and somethimes cause S/C.