BigRAM 2630 comming soon...

[gary2000]

Great- I'd buy one.

[gary2000]

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?p=1101271

[gary2000]

It costs a little more than I expected, but I am just glad that it exists.  Can't wait until preorder.

[gary2000]

Preorder in!

[gary2000]

BIGRAM 2630 is not booting, with or without hard drive.

I see Indivision ECS splash screen, then a cycling of grey colors.  



I  have a rev.9 2630 and 3.1 kickstart.  I removed the buddha card and one  time the 3.1 splash screen appeared (corrupted).  The only other cards  are x-surf 100 and 2286 bridgeboard.


Has anyone received theirs and had a similar problem?

I'm just wondering if I missed something simple.

[gary2000]

Yes, the current theory seems to be the power supply's 100µF caps.  But, it would be nice to know for sure before replacing them though.

Note: my 2630 is not overclocked with 4 MB.

[gary2000]

I am also having trouble and am working with Jens to figure it out. Current theory is the power supply. Going to try swapping it with another one sometime this weekend and will report back if there's any progress.

I  temporarily switched to an ATX Power Supply with an adapter.  This  system booted with errors to a plain 3.1 workbench only, not my normal  setup.  

Fast ram showed up as 121 MB.  (112 bigram + 4 on the 2630 card) ??

I also have the original power supply apart, as I am leaning towards recapping.  

Any resolution?

[gary2000]

This doesn't make any sense. Changing the power supply won't have any effect on your boot environment, unless you forgot to plug a drive in. How many HDD's does your system have? How many bootable partitions? Sure you didn't leave a 3.1 floppy in the drive by mistake?

Ha, ha..  No, I intentionally changed to another CF card.

I ordered new caps, because there's nothing else left to try.

[gary2000]

Just wanted to check and see what everyone is doing with these expansions.  

Has anyone gotten them to work or have they been returned?  

After recapping the Power Supply and changing around all the cards in the machine, I am left with no other option but to return it (which I don't want to do).  

Also, all correspondence has dried up with the manufacturer so...:confused:

[gary2000]

As much as I like the products Individual Computers makes, this seems to be the norm for Jens when problems come up. The product just gets abandoned or he stops responding altogether about them. It's just not right.

You would be correct, sir.  That is exactly what is happening.

I do not mind paying a premium price for something that works or at least is  supported until there is a resolution, but this just has too many issues.

After asking to return it, there was no response.

I would be reluctant to buy anything in the future directly again, instead of going through the Amigakit. (by the way, I don't think they stock this...  Maybe there is a reason)

[gary2000]

Even though I have no enthusiasm left for this bigram, Jens has said that this issue has been resolved for other customers with the CPLD update.  

Has anyone sent their hardware back to Germany for repair or gotten any resolution?

Right now, having trust issues with sending it back... losing the hardware and the money.:confused:

[gary2000]

Just to update:

Jens will not pay shipping to send the product back for repair, as it is costly from the U.S.

He also will not refund or adjust the price.  Whenever money is mentioned, he stops talking to you.

Without his help, I cannot do much with it.

I know few people care to read this, but I am just posting for the record.

I would have a hard time buying another product from him, but I am encouraged that there are alternatives.