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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: TheGoose on May 16, 2011, 01:15:15 AM

Title: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 16, 2011, 01:15:15 AM
Before I turn this thing back on, thought I'd check with the borg:

I got a new WD SCSI chip, and after checking the regular authorities I
see the noted updgrade chip a:

WD33C93A-PL 00-08 9131 F (Latest Revision)

Mine should be ok? It shows:

WD33C93A-PL 00-08 9209 F

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_VwYCmMuIGUs/TdBqt2FPblI/AAAAAAAAAZE/HXTs9w5pa0o/s912/2011-05-15_19-57-08_852.jpg)
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: save2600 on May 16, 2011, 01:27:21 AM
You have no ROM tower. Turn your computer on with that new SCSI chip and V'ger will be coming for you. Resistance is futile.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: Pentad on May 16, 2011, 01:43:44 AM
I just love the Amiga 3000....just a sweet machine!


Cheers!
-P
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: Damion on May 16, 2011, 05:48:16 AM
The only differing digits indicate the date code, so no problem whatsoever.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: VingtTrois on May 16, 2011, 05:58:29 AM
"00-08": it's perfect!
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 16, 2011, 01:58:23 PM
Ah, date code. Thanks Borg! I got it back together last night but had to stop because wife likes me to watch "King of Thrones" and "The Killing" with her. I'll try it tonight.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 17, 2011, 02:37:06 AM
All's good. She came right back up. :)
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: SACC-guy on May 17, 2011, 08:26:56 AM
@ thegoose
What want to know is HOW do you get these great pics loaded into the threads?

Michael
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: Brian on May 17, 2011, 10:01:27 AM
@TheGoose
What was the reason for the chip change?
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 17, 2011, 02:01:24 PM
@SACC-guy

Well, I just use my Droid 2, and upload right to Pisca. It really takes the pain out sharing an image. Before it was, take pic, upload to PeeCee, re-size and upload to web; which sucks.
 

@Brian I just wanted to eliminate possible bugs, and I might have another SCSI device connected (CDROM) at some point.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: SACC-guy on May 17, 2011, 09:04:10 PM
@ the goose
Please. What is droid2 and what is pisca?
How does one upload to amigadotorg?
Michael
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: Motormouth on May 17, 2011, 09:35:44 PM
Where can you purchase an  -08 scsi chip for the A3000?
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 18, 2011, 12:14:30 AM
Quote from: Motormouth;638487
Where can you purchase an  -08 scsi chip for the A3000?


I got this one off eBay. Search around and you can find them, Search by the chip designation:

WD33C93A-PL 00-08

8 available here:
http://cgi.ebay.com/WINDBOND-WD33C93A-PL-NEW-PARTS-QTY-2-/220745464240?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item33657479b0

You might all look at it this way too:

Your A3000 has a hardware bug, that's in a socket; you can easily fix it. So do it.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 18, 2011, 12:22:46 AM
Quote from: SACC-guy;638474
@ the goose
Please. What is droid2 and what is pisca?
How does one upload to amigadotorg?
Michael


Michael, you need to go take a computer course at you local community college.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: SACC-guy on May 18, 2011, 01:22:17 AM
@the goose
LOL Yep! Only because I use amiga...
no smart phone running os4 and no access to pisca...unless I switch to pc/mac

I could use pointers on uploading to the org. If you never needed to do it, newbie clues are de rigeur
Thanks,
Michael
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 18, 2011, 01:46:05 AM
Quote from: SACC-guy;638526
@the goose
LOL Yep! Only because I use amiga...
no smart phone running os4 and no access to pisca...unless I switch to pc/mac

I could use pointers on uploading to the org. If you never needed to do it, newbie clues are de rigeur
Thanks,
Michael


Hey, I went from no phone to smart phone just this past year so, I can understand. OS4, I'm sure there are tools to make it easier to edit/upload, but I'm not that guy.

I know the site here has some limits on the upload size / dimensions. But if you hot link to a external image, you go around those limitations. Maybe you could look at some other services like:

Flickr
image shack
pisca

I think even Adobe has a free online service, oh flash based probably though.
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: SACC-guy on May 23, 2011, 08:57:01 AM
@the goose
I just didn't want to pay for data on a "smart Phone" since I pay for it to my isp.

I'll look into hot linking but I've shyed away from most cloud service (read charge) service

thx
Michael
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: Motormouth on May 26, 2011, 01:10:27 AM
Quote from: TheGoose;638039
Before I turn this thing back on, thought I'd check with the borg:

I got a new WD SCSI chip, and after checking the regular authorities I
see the noted updgrade chip a:

WD33C93A-PL 00-08 9131 F (Latest Revision)

Mine should be ok? It shows:

WD33C93A-PL 00-08 9209 F



@TheGoose and everyone else who contributed to this thread, Thanks!!!!!

I have an A3000 that I pulled out after a couple of years.  I put two hard drives a zip drive and a CD burner on the 3000, all are SCSI.

The system was acting a bit odd (unstable) especially when using DOpus, didn't know what is was.  After reading this thread I bought my own 00-08 chip (thanks TheGoose for recommending an ebay vendor).  Everything is now running fine.

Again Thanks
Title: Re: Check my A3000D SCSI upgrade...
Post by: TheGoose on May 26, 2011, 01:48:00 AM
@Motormouth

Well great, that is just the sort of setup that this would benefit from.