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Title: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Fnac on March 03, 2014, 10:09:50 PM

Hi all,
Long time amiga returning...

I tried to connect my blizzard ppc 60e3 to my amiga but if i try to boot my amiga freezes with a black screen, if i press the "2" key to disable the blizzard i can boot my amiga...

Any sugestions what is preventing to boot with ppc card ?


Regards
Mário

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Dragster on March 03, 2014, 10:20:21 PM

Does it have SCSI controller? If so, try pressing the S key at cold boot...

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Fnac on March 03, 2014, 11:08:17 PM

Thanks!! It works!!.

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Fnac on March 05, 2014, 07:44:50 PM

By the way, what does the 'S' key?

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: danbeaver on March 05, 2014, 08:04:46 PM

The S key disables the SCSI boot (ROM) option.

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: fitzsteve on March 05, 2014, 10:04:37 PM

Does your Blizzard have a 68060 CPU?  If so did you install the 060 libs?

A common issue with Blizzards is corrupt flash, you might need to reflash it.

In the mean time you could try another PSU or another A1200 if you have them available.

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Dragster on March 05, 2014, 11:30:44 PM

Quote from: danbeaver;760247

The S key disables the SCSI boot (ROM) option.

Quote from: Fnac;760130

Thanks!! It works!!.

It could also mean that your scsi controller has a problem... I remember when I had this issue.. turned out to be hairline crack (cold solder joint) in some of the NCR SCSI Chip pins... scsi fails to initilize preventing the board/machine to boot unless you disable it.

Hope that helps,

Dragster.

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Fnac on March 06, 2014, 01:26:10 PM

@all
Now its working fine. It only takes some time to boot, but perphaps its normal......

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Havie on March 06, 2014, 08:54:40 PM

Sounds like a piece of junk to me - would be happy to take it off you hands at minimal cost.:D

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Doraemon on March 07, 2014, 10:58:35 AM

Press Esc in the boot, you will enter in the PPC config.
Disable all the scsi units in the software if you do not use them, may solve the problem.
Configure a bppc its a bit tricky. Ask if you have problems with Warpos, ppclibemu, bppcfix and such things.

Title: Re: Blizzard ppc 603e Problem
Post by: Boot_WB on March 07, 2014, 01:26:23 PM

Quote from: Fnac;760269

@all
Now its working fine. It only takes some time to boot, but perphaps its normal......

If you have 3.1 Roms, and no hard drive connected to the A1200 internal IDE header, there may be a ~30 second delay prior to booting as the miggy waits for any IDE drives to respond.

Can't remember if the BPPC menu offers any way to disable the A1200 onboard IDE, it's been a while!

Congratulations on getting it working anyway. :-)