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Title: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on April 26, 2011, 02:06:27 AM
Hey guys

Like the title says.. I just got a Live! 1000 board and my 1000 wont boot with it installed. Whats weird is there seems to be a plug in the back of the Live! 1000 that looks like its for a psu or something... anyone can help me or send a photo of one installed? tia
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: smerf on April 26, 2011, 03:26:03 AM
Quote from: magnetic;633595
Hey guys

Like the title says.. I just got a Live! 1000 board and my 1000 wont boot with it installed. Whats weird is there seems to be a plug in the back of the Live! 1000 that looks like its for a psu or something... anyone can help me or send a photo of one installed? tia


@Magnetic,

Last time I talked to Franko, I believe he had one.

smerf
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on April 26, 2011, 08:12:52 AM
hmm u are just like him a loser, and make unnecessary and irrelevant posts. Get a life and try to be helpful to fellow amigans not a jerk.
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: J-Golden on April 26, 2011, 01:54:42 PM
Ahem, both Smerf and Franko are complete odd balls, that is a given and are Amiga purists.  But I have noticed that when it comes to helping a fellow Amigan with Amiga related problems, they are MORE then willing to jump into the fire and help!
 
The fact that Franko does have an obscene amount of Amiga hardware / software would lead me to believe that he does have one of these Live boards AND would have been more then happy to help...
 
But you just kicked his best friend in the nuts for trying to help you AND called both of them losers!
 
Good job.:pissed:
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: hardlink on April 26, 2011, 03:54:11 PM
Not sure where your reaction to other posts came from, maybe they were former Atari ST users?

About the hardware at hand, yes it requires an external power supply, much like the GVP gear that went on the side of A500's did, but with a strange connector. I have one and can measure the voltages on the pins tonight. I doubt you will be able to find the required plug, but there is always the ugly and dangerous hardware direct hack.
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: SACC-guy on April 26, 2011, 04:41:52 PM
@mag
My A1000 has a cltd scsi sidecar and a comspec memory sidecar and a live 1000
no extra power needed. I used it with mandela and other live stuff.

IF memory serves...certain 1000 needed a pal fix to pass power thru to the sidecars?

be cool, cooler, cold
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 01, 2011, 03:52:15 AM
hardlink

thank you so much. the a1000 wont even power on with the live attached to it. It looks like a proprietary plug too.

@ sacc guy

can you send me a pic of your live setup please?
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 07, 2011, 12:20:25 AM
guys any response?
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: omnicron10 on May 07, 2011, 01:42:27 AM
Does the power connector look the same as the A500 LIVE! board?

http://amiga.resource.cx/photos/photo2.pl?id=live500&pg=2&res=med&lang=en

Maybe we can find some sort of docs for these cards and it might have the power connection pinout.  Does it say on the PCB of the board inside the expansion?
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 07, 2011, 01:44:41 AM
HI omni!

Thx for the response. YES thats the same port! I havent opened the box yet.. wow looking at the a500 live and the a100 live I may have the a500 one. I bought it from a guy who said it was for a1000. And according to the spec the a500 version needs a psu which I dont have??
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: Franko on May 07, 2011, 01:55:35 AM
Quote from: smerf;633616
@Magnetic,

Last time I talked to Franko, I believe he had one.

smerf


True, and I've still got it but it's of no use to me these days... :(
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: omnicron10 on May 07, 2011, 02:01:51 AM
It looks like a standard molex or amp connector.

You would either need to get docs or open the case and see if you can find some markings indicating the plugs.  Two are ground and the other two are either 5, 12 or 5 & 12 volts DC.

Here is a Amiga program that work with it. Cyberscrape.
(at the bottom)
http://www.inter-actor.com/software.htm

Here is a link to the software that shipped for the LIVE! boards for KS 2
http://www.mediafire.com/?emcb7qd4d7edl

Maybe some of the email links might work and some of those people know the power connection.
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 07, 2011, 02:11:32 AM
Omni

Really cool thx for the links.. I actually wrote the author of Cybrerscape a couple of months back no reply..

Do you think you could help me fab a psu for it?
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: smerf on May 07, 2011, 02:23:50 AM
Quote from: Franko;636151
True, and I've still got it but it's of no use to me these days... :(


Hi,

@Franko,

Last time I will try to give any help to this guy, I believe in one of your back posts you mentioned it, all he had to do was ask.

smerf
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: omnicron10 on May 07, 2011, 02:40:30 AM
Quote from: magnetic;636157
Omni

Really cool thx for the links.. I actually wrote the author of Cybrerscape a couple of months back no reply..

Do you think you could help me fab a psu for it?


You find what the pinouts are I can find the parts you need.
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 07, 2011, 03:27:27 AM
Omni
Thanks man! glad you didnt leave :)
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: omnicron10 on May 07, 2011, 06:18:20 AM
Why would I leave?
Title: Re: Need Help with LIVE! 1000 BOARD
Post by: magnetic on May 08, 2011, 03:39:49 AM
Is there anyone out there with a LIVE! 500 board with PSU so we can know the voltages?