Problem with Amiga 1200 and BlizzardPPC

[AdMartin]

While we're at it, I might as well post my problems as well:

* My A1200T (Eyetech tower) with BlizzardPPC and ZIV board rarely boots up on first try. If I power it down and power it on again a few seconds later it boots fine, though. I guess it's a power problem. I seem to remember reading that you could feed power to the mobo through the original floppy power connector. However, I don't want to try this before I asked someone, because sending power the 'wrong' direction seems a bit risky to me. So, is it a good idea to do so?

* I entered 'version blizzppc.device full' as Framiga recommended and it seems I have v44.31. Should I re-flash to 45.35 and where do I find it?

* I can't enter the BlizzardPPC menu by depressing ESC at boot. Doesn't my EZKey-EX support that? Would a Lyra be better?

Thanks,
Martin

[AdMartin]

Framiga wrote:
your version seems good for me (~99-2000).

So nothing significant is gained by flashing to a newer version?

o BootMenu which can be invoked by holding
    the Key key during the system boot.
    (It may not work for weird tower pc-keyboard hacks)

Yeah, I have another A1200 setup with an Elbox tower (and Elbox keyb adapter). If I plug the BlizzardPPC into that I can reach the bootmenu. I bought the EZKey because I read that it worked even with several keys depressed simultaneously, but if it doesn't work at boot I don't want it. That's £30 down the drain. I'll probably get a Lyra instead.

[AdMartin]

Yeah, I would see the menu if I could enter it... :/