Buddha 2018

[kirk_m]

Return it and demand money back, it is a flawed product.

EDIT: oh wait, I was thinking of the ide4zorro board.

Anyways, open support ticket where you bought it.

You're pretty close, though.  There are plenty of people reporting problems with the card not recognizing ANYTHING.  Over on A1K, out of 10 HDs one guy tested, only 2 were detected.  I've had a few not work either, and, Acill reports that nothing works with his either.

[kirk_m]

Great! I think Curtis needs to do that too - at least check his revision.

@gazsp If the BFlashTool V1.3 is loaded, will it show the current revision without actually flashing CPLD?

@Curtis Here's the latest flash tool for 20th anniversary Buddha....
http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/File:BFlashTool.lha

Just remember the CPLD update tool is a different utility, named Buddha_CPLD.  It comes in a separate archive on the iComp wiki.  You have to use a cable you either make, or Jens sends you (at the end of March) to update the CPLD from the Amiga's parallel port to the header on the card itself.  The card MUST be plugged into a Zorro slot at the time, else, the card will not be detected by the CPLD update utility, and it will error out and fail.  

The flash ROM, instead, can be updated directly to the card over the Zorro bus with no cables, from command line.

Make sure, with both utilities, that when they ask if you want to proceed with updating, you press CAPITAL Y, else it will not start.


To update the CPLD, you need BOTH of these archives (one is the update files, the other is the updater):

http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/File:Buddha_CPLD.zip

http://wiki.icomp.de/wiki/File:BuddhaCPLD.lha

Update the CPLD *first* and then flash the ROM, else it doesn't work.  After doing both of my cards, they now work as they should.

[kirk_m]

Getting tired of waiting to... Debating making my own cable also..just bought 120gig ssd to toss in. Killing me looking at this thing lol

You should.  It's not hard at all if you have the parts (I scavenged parts from old PCs).  It took all of 10 minutes to fabricate.

[kirk_m]

Does it work better after the flash update?

Yes, prior to me updating mine, virtually no IDE device I plugged into the buddha, other than the provided installation DOM, was recognized.  Afterwards updating, it recognizes all the drives I had tried before.

[kirk_m]

so this updater from Jens..do we need a cable or not?:confused:

To update the CPLD, yes, you need a cable.  

After updating the CPLD, you update the flash ROM, for which a cable is not needed.  You can't do the FLASH ROM without doing the CPLD first.