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Amigakit Hardware => A600GS & A1200NG => Topic started by: THX-1138 on July 19, 2024, 01:36:05 PM
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I received my A600gs yesterday, I really like it, but there are a number of problems with it.
Backup/Restore:
Restore to Inbuilt Defaults non-functional
Menu System:
Dialog '\n' not working, showing 'N'
Amibench:
Copying files/data from USB does not work - 0 byte files.
Cannot change screen resolution
Cannot resize/change fonts - unable to restart Amibench, requiring restore from my user backup.
These are with firmware 46.1.751, my system says there is an update today - 46.1.762 however, I cannot update:
Says there is an update, click and nothing happens.
Try again and buttons greyed out, unable to do anything. Forced reboot required.
I'm sure these are all teething problems that will be fixed.
Lastly SysInfo crashes the emulator and goes back to the disk selection menu!
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I received my A600gs yesterday, I really like it, but there are a number of problems with it.
Backup/Restore:
Restore to Inbuilt Defaults non-functional
I will report this.
Menu System:
Dialog '\n' not working, showing 'N'
It doesn't allow certain characters.
Amibench:
Copying files/data from USB does not work - 0 byte files.
Cannot change screen resolution
Cannot resize/change fonts - unable to restart Amibench, requiring restore from my user backup.
0kb files, we are aware of, being debugged.
Will report other 2 issues.
These are with firmware 46.1.751, my system says there is an update today - 46.1.762 however, I cannot update:
Says there is an update, click and nothing happens.
Try again and buttons greyed out, unable to do anything. Forced reboot required.
I'm sure these are all teething problems that will be fixed.
Your a bit to quick, it was being uploaded, hence you could not update.
Lastly SysInfo crashes the emulator and goes back to the disk selection menu!
Not sure on this, will have to ask.
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I'll try the update again. As I said, these are probably just teething problems, overall I'm very impressed with the device and can appreciate the work that has gone into it.
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Still unable to update. Says it's available, I click Install Update.
A dialog appears, I click to confirm.
Another dialog appears saying "A600GS FIRMWARE UPDATE IS IN PROGRESS" etc.
After a second or so, it goes back to the original "Amisphere Profile" screen.
I have a video, I can send privately as it contains personal info (name, email etc)
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Does it include messages like
fetching system.lhapps
fetching a600gs-deb
processing ....
etc?
Another update has just been pushed 46.1.765
So please try again.
Thank you for you patience.
The current update fixes the 0 byte issue, but will need a reboot before it takes effect. Just select RestartA600GS from the shutdown/reset menu
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I don't recall seeing that, I will try to update again soon. Thanks.
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No that hasn't worked either. Same as before, it said something about downloading a file, it vanished off the screen and aborted in a second.
Re-booted and tried again several times, it's not having it.
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@THX-1138
Hi, sorry to hear of the download issue.
I just tried updating my personal A600GS and it downloaded the latest public update without problems.
Please keep trying. It maybe that your connection is dropping for some reason. Maybe even try pairing with your mobile phone or another wifi network ?
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To add to that,
I just updated my own and it updated fine.
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Since restoring to inbuilt defaults doesn't work on mine. I've restored everything from the user backup I did when I first got it. I then rebooted and tried the update again.
It downloaded a number of files, maybe 9 or more and said it would soft boot after. Then the dialog vanished, the Amisphere Profile screen is showing, everything else is greyed out and it's not doing anything.
Short of cutting the power I don't know what to do now.
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Since restoring to inbuilt defaults doesn't work on mine. I've restored everything from the user backup I did when I first got it. I then rebooted and tried the update again.
It downloaded a number of files, maybe 9 or more and said it would soft boot after. Then the dialog vanished, the Amisphere Profile screen is showing, everything else is greyed out and it's not doing anything.
Short of cutting the power I don't know what to do now.
You have no option but to pull power. When you try again, first select something in GS games menu, like octamed. Then go to update, if it gets stuck. Press Start on joypad.
This is a little trick to get out of it. It will launch the last thing you had selected. You can then use pause menu to get back to GS main menu.
We are aware of this issue and its being looked into. I get this myself, however its generally, when a new update is currently being uploaded.
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I continued to try but made no progress. It will not update.
I also discovered OctaMed will not launch from the menu, it starts to load then crashes back out to the menu.
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@THX-1138
Hi, sorry to hear of the download issue.
I just tried updating my personal A600GS and it downloaded the latest public update without problems.
Please keep trying. It maybe that your connection is dropping for some reason. Maybe even try pairing with your mobile phone or another wifi network ?
Tried that. No difference.
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Same here :( I only get a grey screen and the systems returns to the launcher.
Games work, but starting Amibench or applications that rely on it (Final Writer, DOpus etc.) crash.
It seems like altering things on Amibench (like font sizes e.g.) make the system fail at the (next) start.
Until today I was able to restore the system to the inbuilt defaults, but that does not help now (I clicked it several times after a reboot, fresh start and with different combinatios of volumes / partitions to restore).
Any advice on how to cure this?
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It seems like altering things on Amibench (like font sizes e.g.) make the system fail at the (next) start.
I get an error like shown in the attachment.
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Hmmm, that looks familiar. I got that error when I changed the fonts an Amibench tried to reset the screen (and couldn't due to open applications).
Last time I cancelled the process and quit Amibench before I got that error. It seemed to work at first. A restart of Amibench went fine and I finally had bigger font sizes. But after a new restart of Amibench I just got that grey screen error which I can't get rid of anymore. :(
Maybe something else crashed and I did not realise it?
Anyway, problem remains...
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Hmmm, that looks familiar. I got that error when I changed the fonts an Amibench tried to reset the screen (and couldn't due to open applications).
Last time I cancelled the process and quit Amibench before I got that error. It seemed to work at first. A restart of Amibench went fine and I finally had bigger font sizes. But after a new restart of Amibench I just got that grey screen error which I can't get rid of anymore. :(
Maybe something else crashed and I did not realise it?
Anyway, problem remains...
I'm sure it will all be fixed but it is frustrating. Doesn't help that this forum is offline most time I try and I guess AmigaKit are closed at weekends.
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As of about an hour ago, my A600GS has stopped booting.
It boots to a black screen with a red cursor and goes no further, no startup music.
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Doesn't help that this forum is offline most time I try and I guess AmigaKit are closed at weekends.
Its not offline most of the time. Someone or something is causing the database server to crash. Its being looked into.
Yes, we are closed weekends.
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This is what I've been seeing for most of the weekend.
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My A600gs is still not booting. What should/could I do now? What are my options?
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Hello
We probably need to give you an image to reflash the SD card with WinImage or similar.
Please send us an email. Thanks
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Meanwhile I got a backup from a friend and now Amibench starts again. *yeeehaaa*
@THX-1138 I hope yours will be back on track soon too. :)
It's nice that updates are available frequently. Amibench seems to be "slightly" unstable. I cannot even quit the dock without a crash. Or is that just on my A600GS?
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Will do, thanks.
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Mine is still working... but probably only because I can't update as the A600GS has lost the user login details again, I can't remember my password and the password reset isn't sending me an email...
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@Amigadude
Please email Support@amigakit.com and we can send you a temporary email
You should be getting an email from Amisphere.com when you click forget email button inside the A600GS. Check your Gmail Spam filter.
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OK done :)
AND I don't need it because apparently it never got changed so my original password works when I copy & paste it from google password manager that isn't filling it automatically for some reason...
@Amigadude
Please email Support@amigakit.com and we can send you a temporary email
You should be getting an email from Amisphere.com when you click forget email button inside the A600GS. Check your Gmail Spam filter.
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And yeah after the last update I'm stuck in 720p and can't see half of the interface... :(
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it's reading the EDID (badly?) from HDMI matrix... if I connect it directly to my TV it suddenly has all the modes the TV supports... the TV the matrix is connected to... it needs to go thru the matrix for various reasons including splitting the signal so I can record/stream... please roll back this latest 'improvement'
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I did rewrite the SD image using the file you sent. The system then updated fine.
I did try Octamed from the game launcher, again it did fail.
Also I did try the restore to inbuilt defaults, they still do not do anything.
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I did try Octamed from the game launcher, again it did fail.
Also I did try the restore to inbuilt defaults, they still do not do anything.
Both issues have been reported.