Picasso II+ / WinnerZIV / Mediator ZIV problems

[Tahoe]

Hope someone can help me out but I am having lots of troubles with my Picasso II+ in my current config.
My config is like this:
Amiga 1200 rev 2B mainboard
Elbox Tower
Winner ZIV board
Mediator ZIV
Picasso II+
Internal DCE FF/SD (linked through Picasso II)
Blizzard 1230IV

First I had real trouble getting the card recognised as 2 boards in the early startup menu. First I tried only the ZIV board with the Picasso. Only one board was found (+ the blizzard).
Connecting the Mediator and fiddling with the jumpers (now set at 4MB High) it finds 2 boards, ID 11 and 12 if I remember correctly. (+blizzard +mediator?)

Installed OS3.9 (used to run this trouble free). Installed Picasso96 and on startup it guru's.
Reinstalled 3.9 and it works fine until I install Picasso96 again.
Tried CGFX (the one bundled with OS3.9). It sees the card, I can select a screenmode but when I boot the AGA output goes blank but the Picasso doesn't come up, my screen just stays black. My monitor says it gets a 50Hz vertical sync signal but no horizontal sync?? Switched the 2 jumpers on the Picasso for support on the EnergyStar and BNC connectors (the picasso is on my second VGA port which is BNC)

This is really driving me nuts. Will probably this evening try to install 3.1 with the old bundled Picasso software to see if the hardware works... Any thoughts guys?

[Tahoe]

keropi wrote:
for me, the OS3.9 romupdate caused problems... I solved it using SETPATCH SKIPROMUPDATES QUIET
try to make 2 reboots... reboot after the romupdate does it's own...

Thanx keropi, but no matter how often I reboot the machine, it will not work. I will try using WB 3.1 to see if that helps.

Strange thing is though that the card does not get recognised if I remove the mediator (te be exact, only as one card)
As soon as  plug in my mediator it shows 2.... But only if I jumper the Mediator to 4MB High....

[Tahoe]

It's starting to drive me nuts!

This does not work:
OS 3.9 + Picasso96 (guru)
OS 3.9 + CGFX (Blank screen)
OS 3.1 + PicassoII (blank screen/hangs)
OS 3.1 + CGFX Unable to test, machine will not function at all anymore.

About to trash the whole system, this really is getting to me. Maybe the Picasso itself is dead, but I have no way of testing.
I'll try using another A1200 board, maybe that helps. This system is overall very instable.

[Tahoe]

@JaX:
That's not a Picasso IV but a standard Picasso II (not the + version).
On this picture, the TOP one is output!

[Tahoe]

I have the Winner ZIV (Zorro IV is an invention of Elbox)
Basic Zorro slots are Zorro-II, not III. It is alround known as the most compatible busboard of them all.

This weekend i'm going to try my other A1200 mainboard. I don't trust the one which came with the tower, it already gave me the impression it's not stable, even without the busboard/mediator I often got crashes and hangups. The other a1200 was solid as a rock.

[Tahoe]

Ok, it's getting stranger now.....

Winner Zorro IV board:
Picasso recognised as ONE card
A2091 recognised as ONE card

Winner Zorro IV Board including Mediator:
Picasso recognised as TWO cards
A2091 recognised as TWO cards

With the latter combination the whole thing crashes. With the first it works but the Picasso doesn't work and the A2091 only the RAM works.

Changed around my mainboard (2B is now a 1D4) It is more stable but that's about all....

[Tahoe]

The strange thing is that it only autoconfigs as two board when I hook up my mediator. Same goes for the A2091.
The A2091 is seen as 2 enterily different boards, board 3 and board 4 with different id's. The Picasso is seen as two boards 2 with ID's 11 and 12.
Is that normal?

Still don't understand the Mediator role in this whole thing. It's like the Winner ZIV board only works correctly when it's hooked up with the Mediator.

Anyone here (preferably in the netherlands) who can test the Picasso for me in a real zorro machine (2/3/4000) ?