Cybervision 64 issues (or.. for the love of gawd doesn't anything work?!?!)

[dnelsonfl]

icbrkr wrote:
Slapped in an older HD with 3.1 on it - works fine in there... an issue with 3.9 (or my 3.9?!)

With OS 3.9 and CybergraphX, you really need CyberGraphX v4 (see item #16 on this link). Picasso96 should also work under 3.9.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

I just flushed my caches and tried the link again; it's working. ??

I'll just put the whole thing here:

http://www.gregdonner.org/os39faq/compatibility.html

And look at item #16. Maybe the #16 at the end threw your browser off.

[dnelsonfl]

TjLaZer wrote:
I ended up going Picasso 96 and the card works great on OS 3.9!

I'm glad to hear you got yours working. Mine, on the other hand, seems to have gone the way of the great byte in the sky.  :-(  Early-startup shows it as "working" but all I get are bus errors on a 3000 and a 4000. Makes me wonder if early-startup really tells me anything other than the card was able to auto-config.

[dnelsonfl]

x56h34 wrote:
Early-menu stating "card working" mearly means that basic communication between Zorro bus and the card is OK [...]

Thanks for the confirmation - that's what I figured. Looks to be bad on-board memory. Picasso96 and CybergraphX both give bus errors at the same addresses on both Amigas. Pity. Now I need to buy a replacement. Make that two... one for each Amiga.

[dnelsonfl]

patrik wrote:

Have you tried running the CV64 in slow buster mode?

@Patrick,

Yes, and also tried it with rev 7, 9, and 11 busters in both. I've tried every combination I could think of. The results are identical, and repeatable despite changing so many parameters. The only constant is the Cybervision. So it must be that. Shame, really.

-David

[dnelsonfl]

Any chance you can just pull/swap the memory instead of tossing the whole card?  

@ckillerh3:

I had already removed the socketed 2MB, so if it is a memory fault it must lie with one of the soldered chips. I imagine a good, skilled tech might be able to carefully remove the soldered chips and replace them. But I don't have the right tools or the skills. I've only progressed to basic soldering so far. I'm learning.

-David