A4000 Mediator

[Bennymee]

Hi, i would like to upgrade my A4000/040 (stock A4000 with A3640) . I decided for Mediator, mainly because of his price. For me the biggest benefits are USB, Gfx and networking. My question is what I should avoid and what to watch out for (like mb revisions, 3V or 5V support etc.). I would also like to buy a Mediator witch supports Sonnet G3. I found that I can buy one here http://eu-shop.elbox.com/en_GB/p/Mediator-PCI-4000Di-3V-MK-III/675 Its is good deal or it is better to wait for one on amibay?

The advantage of Amibay is that people offer the Mediator with Voodoo/Radeon/networking etc. cards, so you don't have to find compatible cards yourself.

As long as it support 3.3 , it is ok for Crescendo cards. I bought my Mediator at amigatore.eu which is imho a good source.

[Bennymee]

About the installation: everything went well after the 5th Radeon PCI card, I finally could got my hands on a Sapphire card which is 100% compatible. Others gave me guru's.

The Combination of Voodoo3 (or Radeon Sapphire) , ethernetcard , PCI soundcard and X-Surf 100 always boot with OS4 FE in my Mirage tower (with Mediator v1) or A4000 desktop (with Mediator V3 3.3volt). In my case it is not less stable, but by nature how more hardware and software you add: RTG, AHI, PowerPC, Petunia 68K emulation, more software will guru sometimes, then e.g. an AGA system with a 68030.

I have also installed AmigaOS3.1, the upgrade to OS3.9 and the Mediator drivers on the same Mediator system (CyberstormPPC with 68060-80MHz, 15K UW drive) and runs Great too.