Issues with startup

[tonyvdb]

SetPatch-0ld file still fails the same way.
I removed the battery years ago and replaced it with a rechargeable coin battery.

Tonight I will try running SetPatch with Nocash and the others you mention and see what happens.

This coming weekend I will probably take all the Video Toaster stuff out as well as the GVP SCSI card I have and see if that changes anything

Also remember Im still trying to get OS3.1 working. I have not ventured into a fresh instal of 3.9

[tonyvdb]

I have 3.1 roms installed
Its an 040 board and given it boots up into windows if I disable setpatch that says the 040 is working right?

Im at work at the moment so wont be able to test any suggestions till later but keep them coming. Im learning lots as we go.

[tonyvdb]

Well there is the problem,you are trying to boot into windows on a Amiga - sorry!, couldnt resist :rolleyes:

LOL yup. see what years of Windows abuse will get you.
I much prefer workbench

[tonyvdb]

Ok, I will report back later this evening what I get after trying some of the things you all suggest.

[tonyvdb]

Ok, I tried using SetPatch version 43.6b and no change.
I checked the version of the 68040 lib and it gave me "68040 library 37.30 (01/18/1993)

I also tried the several SetPatch changes and none of them got me any farther.

[tonyvdb]

Im booting OS 3.1 on the hard drive.

I had a thought, could my Indivision AGA have gone bad or become disconnected off the chip somehow and that cause this issue? Its buried behind the Mediator board so hard to look at unless I remove it and all the Toaster cards.

[tonyvdb]

I mean when you boot off a floppy disk.  Didn't you say previously that you were able to boot off a floppy disk without issues?  What version is this disk, and have you tried running just the SetPatch command off of it?

Ok, it was a 3.1 floppy.
I will try that tonight and see what goes.
 

Sounds like you've got a lot of stuff going on with this system.  I'd try removing all the cards, reseat the processor card, check for bad or leaky caps, and try booting with just a base configuration without all the add-ons.  If it boots normally without them, add the boards back one-by-one until the problem reoccurs.  If you're lucky it's just a loose processor board or something along those lines.  Very common problem in A4000's.

Yup, thats my next process this weekend when I have the time. Oh the joys of removing stuff LOL

[tonyvdb]

Im using the Hard drive and its formatted using SFS It seems the TrueIDE adapter I got is not working so Ive abandoned trying to get the CF card going till I sort this out first.

Ill give replacing the 68040 file a try tonight (I did not have time to do anything with it last night). Thanks for everyone's help with this.

[tonyvdb]

Ok, so I got somewhere this weekend with it.

I pulled out the GVP SCSI card with the extra ram and then returned the SetPatch back to the original one. And it now boots up fine however the workbench is sowing only chip ram the "other mem" is reporting 0?
Why would that be?

I tried the CF card that I have with AmigaKits new OS 3.1 and it also boots fine into workbench but also shows 0 other mem

Update: striped it down to the main board only and got the fast ram to show up after taking them out and putting them back in. Gotta love the sockets they used!
So now just trying to get OS3.9 on the blank CF card and then I'm going to try to get that dumb TrueIDE adapter to work. Ugh! It should be so simple LOL