Troubleshooting an unfamiliar machine ...

[QuikSanz]

Hi,

How old and large (small) is your HD? If all I mentioned before had no effect, try to reseat all the chips on the MOBO. Do you get any error messages?

Chris

Click on my name to see whats in my system. As of last sunday I will either have to repair or replace my PSU.
I'm ready for more WATTS.

[QuikSanz]

Hi,

Almost forgot, Have you installed both Boing Bags? With only 1Mb of chip make sure in Prefs/WBPrefs/ Graphics mem = other, not chip.

Chris

[QuikSanz]

@ macto,

Do you have the docs for that accel card? You may want to check jumper settings.If not let me know and I'll check mine, I've kept it as a spare.

Chris

[QuikSanz]

Hi macto,

Ok, first, that part # does not appear anywhere on my board. However on the back it has a sticker that states "4.10" also etched in there about 2" in from the external connector is "94v-0" now these should be the same as I think there was only 1 run of each model (speed & cpu). Second these settings are original, bought on consignment, came from a high school, original owner. I would suggest removing all other boards unless your HD is IDE. If you HD is IDE, see if you can get a hold of a SCSI one and connect direct to accel card. Much speed gains can be had by doing this. Try to keep as much off the MOBO as possable, you'll want that later when you want graphics card or ethernet. Don't worry, the 32 bit mem clears fast as it has DMA access to the cpu.

Now jumpers, I will only list jumpers that are ON or shorted. J4, J6, J2, J12, J9.
Now for CN's. I will indicate high and low positions with Zorro connector on the bottom.CN7= low, CN15= low, CN14= high. Inside the cpu "can". CN16= low, CN8= no jumper-N/A, CN17= Special white connector-jumper, do not remove.

One more thing. I remember with these boards there was a limit as to how much memory you can have total. It does not remap or readdress like newer cards, so you may still have problems with all the other stuff. I seem to remember having to remove 4Meg when I installed the Picasso IV card. Give it a shot and see what comes of it, Let me know.

Chris

BTW, Picasso IV, is a 4Mb graphics card with built in flicker fixer and scan doubler.

[QuikSanz]

Hi macto,

If it is G-Force 030/40Mhz W/O scsi, then yes somewhat different. Combo means with SCSI. It will still speed up  processes however, it will not give faster HD handling. CN17 on my card is under the metal cover that is over the CPU & FPU, bottom left corner of CPU, Marked "MC68EC030RP40B". The FPU should be in the lower left hand corner of this shielded area.

Chris

Have you stripped it down and tried a game that boots from floppy for a while?

[QuikSanz]

Hi,

See part about mem limit on last post, do you have a scsi drive?

Chris

Type tommorow.

[QuikSanz]

Hi macto,

The limit for extended memory is 16Mb, Chip mem does not count. Took a while to find the manual. All IC sockets should be filled. It's possible that the card has received a static discharge, Before you got it. That would be too bad an end for a decent accel card. If you can make sure the rest is good, there are lots of second hand ones around, some even at a good deal. Most folks seem to stick to AGA machines, aside from a faster bus there is no real upside to this if you use a graphics card, That is if you use the bus wisely. The A2000 has more expansion than any other and I've read that some nice towers may again be had real soon. Micro A1 and A2000 in one case anybody, talk about being versatile.

Chris

[QuikSanz]

Hi macto,

Hmm, Sounds familiar. Was the SE the all in monitor type, B/W display? that was the first "PC" I used many years after some classes I took at the local collage when I was in JR High, BIG hard drives, I think they were called "cakes". Then I found Amiga.Most kids these days wouldn't even know what they were looking at, you old timer.

Chris

[QuikSanz]

Hi macto,

"As for those kids who think I'm an old timer, just give them five or ten years and they'll know what it feels like."  

:roflmao:
 
The HD's I'm thinking of were 12" across and 6 disks stacked to about 6-8" high. That was back in the early 70's.

Chris