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How to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 to work in an A3000 desktop ???
« on: December 27, 2005, 12:30:13 PM »
This may probably be an old question, but I don´t know how to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 without scsi to work in my A3000. The A3000 has always worked without changing any jumpers, just using the 68030 and co-processor, so it´s the first time it gets a turboboard inside. I looked at AmigaHardwareDatabase but no discription of jumpers, and the Big Book is still down  :boohoo: What I did get is a bunch of coloured bars on the screen when I turn the power on but after that I get a light grey screen but no kickstart screen. There do not seem to be any kickstart roms inside as the computer has to load its kickstart at bootup in the Devs directory. I disconnected the scsi cable from the motherboard so now only the floppy is connected and there are also no Zorro cards connected. That´s the situation now. Can somebody who is more intelligent than me please help me out  :-? Shouldn´t be that difficult  :lol:

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Re: How to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 to work in an A3000 desktop ???
« Reply #1 on: December 27, 2005, 01:10:29 PM »
nex4060 : the modification is only needed when using scsi on the Cyberstorm and that module is not connected ..

X-ray : thank you for your offer but I already have the real manual but it doesn´t help me out ...

MrZammler : "Anyway, apart from the jumper settings, 040/060 cards require roms 3.0 or 3.1 IIRC to work. (Wont work with superkickstart images)" ... true, there is no kickstart rom inside, though the computer boots up with kickstart 3.1 (V40) in its memory. I found out that this rom-file is placed in the Devs directory and it seems to load that automaticly without an extra line in the startup-sequence. May this be the problem ?? As I said before, I do see the coloured bars that are typical for the Cyberstorm, so I thought I was doing well, but I didn´t get any further than that ... if it is so that I do need a real kickstart rom (there is an empty space on the motherboard for two roms) then this may mean that the card does work but that my A3000 is not yet up to it :-) Please correct me if I´m wrong   :-o

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Re: How to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 to work in an A3000 desktop ???
« Reply #2 on: December 27, 2005, 01:26:58 PM »
Seems like those Roms need to be soldered on the motherboard which is not exactly my greatest hobby ...

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Re: How to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 to work in an A3000 desktop ???
« Reply #3 on: December 27, 2005, 05:56:08 PM »
So I just have to remove the superkickstart chips and replace them by A3000 3.1 chips ??? That easy ??? No soldering ??? There ARE two empty places which have the label Rom on them ...

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Re: How to get a Cyberstorm MK2 060 to work in an A3000 desktop ???
« Reply #4 on: December 27, 2005, 10:25:43 PM »
Guys I really need to thank you all for being so helpful as I have now learned a lot more about my A3000 !! Thanks, really !!  :pint: