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Buddha problem
« on: October 12, 2010, 06:49:22 PM »
I have a problem with Buddha Phoenix IDE in my A2000. I tried a 3,5" HDD, a 2,5" one and a CF card. That the CF card is not detected is normal and expected, but I wasn't able to even boot from a floppy with the 3,5"" attached. I get the usual  red border Software malfunction error within seconds after power on and I can't get any further.
With the 2,5" HDD I can boot from a 3.1 Install/WB floppy, but when I run HDToolbox, the Amiga freezes and restarts during detecting SCSI devices (at device 4).

The A2000 is rev. 6.3 with 1MB Chip RAM with 2 FDD drives and there are no other expansion cards besides the Buddha. There is a KS switcher 1.3/2.0 - tried both, neither changes anything.

Any suggestions?
Thanks.

EDIT: The A2000 doesn't have any issues, runs floppy games flawlessly, the drives are OK too - tested elsewhere. IIRC the Buddha worked fine in an A4000. I tried all Zorro slots.
« Last Edit: October 12, 2010, 06:52:10 PM by koshman »
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Re: Buddha problem
« Reply #1 on: October 12, 2010, 07:03:02 PM »
I hope not, what's the correct orientation? I have the IDE headers facing the floppy drives.
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Re: Buddha problem
« Reply #2 on: October 12, 2010, 07:58:07 PM »
@ Thomas: I'm aware of the situation with CF cards and I wasn't expecting it to work. I have the Flash Phoenix edition so I will think about flashing later.

@ Darrin: I have absolutely no clue where I put that paper :) But from what I found in various forum posts I should have it installed the right way.

Anyway I will thoroughly test it in my A4000 again tomorrow with the same drives to rule out any possibility of the HW being at fault.
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Re: Buddha problem
« Reply #3 on: October 12, 2010, 08:45:47 PM »
yes
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Re: Buddha problem
« Reply #4 on: October 13, 2010, 02:01:40 PM »
Well, as I'm trying to test the Buddha in an A4000 right now, anyone knows what's the correct orientation in an A4000 daughterboard? :)
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Re: Buddha problem
« Reply #5 on: October 13, 2010, 03:25:26 PM »
Yeah, thanks. I already risked it and the Buddha survived :) Anyway it works flawlessly in the A4000 - I had the 3,5" HDD partitioned and formatted in under 5 minutes. Plugged it back into the A2000 - same problem, couldn't even boot. The next thing I guess is finding out if the Zorro slots work at all. Unfortunately I don't have any other Zorro II cards at the moment so it might take a while...

Btw, do we have a new font or is it just my eyes playing tricks on me?
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