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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Etherweet on May 14, 2012, 02:56:34 AM

Title: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Etherweet on May 14, 2012, 02:56:34 AM

Ok.. I Give....

stuck my recently aquired gvp combo 030 - 40 mhz board in and all i get is a yellow and then green display.

It appears to reset the scsi chain and thats it.  no floppy seeking

living inside are a 2232  multi serial card, asdg thin net card and a gvp 8 mb ram card.

its had a supra turbo card in there forever and worked fine as well as resumes working fine when i go back to original configuration.

i have tried it with no cards at all plugged in, and one card at a time.

there are some slow blinks of the power led, screen color change, then some fast blinks.

on and on and on...   :(

i have un dms'd all the floppy disk images on the hardware site...looking around for an unbz2-er for those other files..

just to make sure i have double damned this project a 4mb gvp simm is on its way here too...

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Etherweet on May 15, 2012, 12:18:23 AM

update:

i connected the hd light and observed that in the middle of all the power light blinking and green / yellow sceens, that the gvp board poles all the devices on the chain, then accesses dh0: a little bit.

so now i wonder what files it might be looking for, where they belong and what arguments those files might need.

i do get a grey screen right after power up before all the fun begins.

still ignores the floppies entirely.

so if anyone has a manual for the brown version of the board please let me know.

thanks

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Etherweet on May 18, 2012, 04:48:35 AM

Well

i guess i'm the proud owner of the coveted dumbass of the decade award.

this gvp combo 030 40 mhz board doesn't work.  i guess its headed for the trash bin.

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: jmi on May 18, 2012, 05:48:20 AM

Sounds like it is broken. But community has lots of people with good knowledge about electronics. I this you should try to sell it as broken for few euros + shipping.

- J

Ps. Where you are located? ;)

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Robert17 on May 18, 2012, 12:02:23 PM

Hey, don't give up on it yet!

Try removing all other cards and see if it works on it's own first

Also you might try cleaning the cards connector, and the CPU slot on the mainboard.

Robert.

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: dougal on May 18, 2012, 02:54:54 PM

Check if any of the chips are red hot. Also, as Robert17 said, check the edge connectors are clean and that the CPU and any other chips are firmly in the slot.

Also make sure that there is no damage to the traces.

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Etherweet on May 20, 2012, 07:03:37 AM

should it come up in some form other than solid green or yellow regardless of jumper settings?

i have it set to all of the default settings assuming i have the correct concept of the 3 pin locations and what is pin 1,2 and 3...

any ideas would be great

thanks

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Buzzfuzz on May 20, 2012, 02:26:07 PM

If it's a 40Mhz then these are the settings:
 
J5 OFF
J6 ON
J11 ON
CN8 OFF
 
J2 should also be off.

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Etherweet on May 21, 2012, 12:23:46 AM

wow

WOW

i did what Buzzfuzz said and wham!..  it boots and shows 16 mb ram!!!

this saying gets used quite a lot, but i don't know how to thank you enough.

im guessing there's only one jumper to change to get it to boot from scsi.

Title: Re: GVP Combo 030 Installation Instructions
Post by: Buzzfuzz on May 23, 2012, 10:37:44 PM

I got a little experience with them, as I have about 5 of them :)
Glad it worked, if not then it would have been either faulty ram or processor, but that's pretty rare on a GVP.