Still can't get OS3.9 +BB1+2 installed on my 4000T..

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marcfrick2112 wrote:
Hey everyone,

Still no luck installing 3.9 on my A4000T.. I was able to install OS 3.9 and BB's 1 and 2. Throughout all of this, sometimes, when I rebooted (cold or warm, no difference) I would see the screen flash, then nothing, black screen no disk activity. My amiga worked fine for a few hours, then again it's back to the black screen. At this point, the onlt way to get it to boot at all, is to disable ALL hard drives via Early Startup, and boot from my 3.9 Emergency disk, yet after this all my hard drives show up... But, I can't boot 3.9 reliably from my hard drive.
This system Was working with 3.1 OK, except that my storage hdd was 4.5GB, so anytime I copied stuff past 4GB, boom! hdd is toast, I thought installing 3.9 would be the 'easy way'..
OK, a few questions... I know OS3.9 forces a second reboot for the ROM updates, but I don't see a second screen flash like I do on my 1200T with a working 3.9 install. Also, software that says it will reboot the computer, don't actually reboot it. (e.g. OS 3.9 installation) Could this be a problem, the apparant inability to reboot via software?
The reset button on the 4000T itself works. I have run 'Check4GB' , formatted my 4.5 GB HDD under OS 3.9. I have no hacks, etc. on SYS: (only OxyPatcher, atm)
config:
A4000T (AT) 16MB mobo , CS Mk-3 '060, 128MB, ~1GB HDD (SYS: and Work:) 4.5GB HDD (storage), NEC CD-ROM, Yamaha 4x4x16 CDR, all SCSI via CS-mk3. scanner, Zip 100, via internal scsi.device. Installed cards, VT4000, Flyer, PAR, TBC4

OK, I know at least one of you has 3.9 working on a 4000T ...

I would be eternally grateful for any help. I'll even buy you a beer...  :pint:

Hmmmmmm - I have no experience with an A4000T - but the error you describe remember me of those I encounter every 1 - 1.5 years in my towered A 4000 D - it seems to be normal.

The reason here is that the pins in the connectors between motherboard and my CyberstormPPC tend to corrode and appear to need cleaning on a more or less regulary basis.

I'm using commercial contact sprays (Kontakt 60 & Kontakt WL) to etch the dirt and to give the contacts a shower.

Just give it enough time to dry before re-assembly.

For me this has always worked and solved the problems of unstability each time up to now.

I sincerly hope your issue has a similar reason...

EDIT:
Just thinking - in case your HD is connected to the SCSI host adapter - is your SCSI-chain correctly  set up
(-> termination)?
A mistake there can also lead to strange phenomena...