PPC not working properly

[Gavilan]

Guys, have a very weird situation:
an almost unused PPC card (040 no scsi) for A1200.
Inserted...machine switched on...no signals of the ppc card on early startup (not even a sign saying card working or not working...NOTHING!!!) showing likes there is no cvard attached to the Amiga

Loading WB...and oh surprise! The WB shows up 64 MB available (the memory put on the ppc card)

Sysinfo shows NO CPU but also shows processor as being 040!!!

So, in some ways, the card is "recognized", since the memories are seeing by WB and Sysinfo shows properly the 040
I tought at first that it was a problem of bios, so decided to flash firmware again
Did everything, inserted the disk, but....of course "no ppc card found"...

Im trapped here...everything was tested in a plain A1200 with 3.1 roms, with nothing but the ppc card and a big power supply

Any hints? ideas? suggestions? help pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Kind Regards

Sebastian

[Gavilan]

Hi there! This is very, very strange (at least to me)

The PPC is not seeing by the early startup menu (i got nothing, not even a "non working card"

Which Amiga only shows me the 040 part of the card as being working

However, i installed a few PPC ONLY programs, and they work perfectly!!!

I cant update/flash firmware since FlashTools shows me a "No BlizzPPC card found" error, so i dont konw what else to do to be sure that PPC side of the card is not dead or broken

Is there other way of knowing this??

If i turn my Miggy and press Esc key, nothing happens. The memories inserted in the card are seeing by WB....
Im trapped here...

Do i only have a very expensive 040 card with a broken PPC???
 :-?

[Gavilan]

@adonay: for me its very odd. At beginning i was thinking that it was working. I tried a few of Amidog´s emulators compiled for PPC. They all worked (i tried Sega emulator, Gameboy emulator and MAME)

But, the thing that the card as not beeing seeing neither by Which Amiga nor by earyl startup menu and also, if pressinc Esc key nothing happens....that was really strange..

To play Quake PPC, do i need to have original Quake CD from PC version???

[Gavilan]

Hi guys! Thanks for all support..

Couldn maje SySpeed to work, it says something about missing libraries...

I have tried the card in 3 different A1200 mothers: 1D1, 1D4 and 2B2.

Synthoms are all the same, the card "seems" to work, but is not seen at early startup menu.
It may be possible i habre an early board revision, that might be the key! But thing is i sold this card because i was needing some funding, and buyer returned the card to me arguing "its not working properly"

I showed him EVERYTHING i had made specific for PPC cards (demos, some prograsm, games like Genetic species optimized for PPC, emulators) and he still wants to see the card in early startup menu, otherwhise according to his "knowledge", the card is deffective because its not shonw on the menu.

I tried several times to flash the card, but always the FlashBios Tool showed "no BPPC card found" so i have no clue about this FORCE command!1

Please i need more light about this!!

Im 100% sure the card WORKS 100% since i used it and the memory is seen, the programs made for ppc are working but i think i weill avoid this buyer...problematic, he doesnt trust me at all...strange guy....

Im powering all my Amiga using a Big Foot power Supply, or with the supplied with the Power Tower, which i also have.

I also did the trick of powering using floppy drive connector, but i only get a yellow screen..

Thanks a lot for your support guys!!!

Keep the spirit!

Sebastian

[Gavilan]

Well, incredible or not....i made a lot of tricks & everything....

To resume: i had 2 PPC cards. I sold them to 2 different Amiga users here in Argentina

the card which was "seen" by Early Startup Menu , was working perfectly, no errors, or anything. But cosmetically was "a disaster". I mean, lot of coolers/fans/modding.

The card which was not seen by the Early Startup Menu, was inmaculate , mint state, looked like new.

What i did? Intermediate between this 2 members. They swap cards

The most amazing part comes now: the modded PPC card doesnt work anymore, and that user suffered a terrible fire on his A1200 motherboard caused by a short circuit, which ate some parts of the mainboard, and of course, the card is dead

The mint card, on the other hand, which was not seen by early startup meu, has a VERY happy owner, just waiting for the Annual Meeting which will be held on my grandmas house next week, in which around 15/20 retrogamers (mostly of them Amiga users), will see for the first time AOS 4.0 alive.
We will install the AOS 4.0 on his machine (my friend´s machine, thats it), with the "supposedely" not working card, which, indeed, is working perfectly...

Cheers & thank you all for all kind of messages, help, hints & tips

Sebastian

[Gavilan]

@Framiga: no sir

both of them were just 603 models....

Are u looking for a 603+ model maybe???

Ciao

Sebastian