going insane with pci hardware drivers

[god64]

hi,

i'm crrently trying to build up a tower a1200 system. i have the mediator lt4 pci board installed, a apollo 1260 and os3.9.

the tower ist built up, pci devices are plugged in and everything 'seems' fine.

biggest problem, i cant get the vooodoo 3 card working (cant get any pci card working, but one step at a time ).

i have installed all the drivers from the mediator multimedia cd.

i have installed picasso software and selected cybervision 64/3d. first the version from the os3.9 cd, than the version 2.0 from aminet. both same problems

picassoconfig (or how it is called) shows up a lot of resolutions, i pick one and save. the devs/monitors has a cybergrafix monitor in it. but after reboot it does not show up on 'screenmodes'

has anyone any ideas? or are there tool with them i can check if the cards are detected at all and the mediator board works?

thanx in advance

[nasty]

Installation Guide

The Voodoo.card driver is 100% compatible with the Picasso96 ver.2.1b
The Picasso96 graphic system ver.2.0 is available from AmigaOS 3.9 CD,
with updates at http://www.picasso96.cogito.de/LatestRelease.html
The newest P96 versions you can also find at: http://www.vgr.com/picasso

Please install the Picasso96 graphic system following its
documentation. Choose Cybervison 64 3D as the graphic card.

After the Picasso96 installation, please start Picasso96 installation
once again and choose the "Update an installed version". Select only
"Monitorsettings" and choose the frequency supported by your monitor.

After successful installation you need to:

1. Find the CVision3D and CVision3D.info in the DEVS:Monitors
   drawer, rename these files to Voodoo and Voodoo.info, respectively.

2. Change in the tool type window of Voodoo.icon:
   BOARDTYPE = from CVision3D to Voodoo.

3. Copy the enclosed Voodoo.card driver to the Libs:Picasso96 drawer.

4. Click to the Voodoo icon (in Devs:Monitors drawer).

5. Start the Picasso96Mode program (in SYS:Prefs drawer) and select
   Attach setting to Board0: Voodoo.
   Exit Picasso96Mode by SAVE.

[god64]

i followed these instructions in detail.

what i have noticed is, that picasso96mode says:
not attached: Village-64

and on menu theres 'attach settings to -> no board'

i assume this is not what it should say if it has found the board?

[Thomas]

and on menu theres 'attach settings to -> no board'

If the Voodoo is not shown in the menu, then it is not recognised properly. Check PciInfo output to see if it is there.

Bye,
Thomas

[nasty]

Village-64

Where's that coming from? Im guessing you have installed CGX on your computer, Cybergraphics is'nt needed by the mediator or Voodoo cards. its only needed if you have installed the bvision card :-)

Quick guide
1)fresh install of os3.9
2)install mui 3.8
3)Installed off of MM CD Mediator 2.9 system files,Enhanced
Voodoo drivers,Warp 3d using supplied install script
4)Installed picasso96-2_1b using install script.
Choose Cybervison 64 3D as the graphic card.
Found the CVision3D in the DEVS:Monitors
drawer, renamed this files to Voodoo.
Changed in the tool type window of the Voodoo.icon:
BOARDTYPE = from CVision3D to Voodoo.
Double Clicked on the Voodoo icon (in Devs:Monitors drawer).
Started the Picasso96Mode program (in SYS:Prefs drawer) and
selected
Attach setting to Board0: Voodoo.
Set up some screen modes 320X200,640X400,800X600,1024X768
Saved exited and rebooted Machine.

[Markus_Bieler]

http://www.vgr.com is no more. Has anyone the new URL?

[lempkee]

village64 is default name in p96 with mediator among other things...anyway that name doesnt matter as its just a comment.

[god64]

i am writing this now from the running tower system

thanx for the help. especially the pciinfo tip did show up that the card was not recognised, so was the network card.

to be honest, i don't think, the mediator and|or d-box are a masterpeace of engeniering, because the reason the boards were not detected, was that every time i screwed them down, they were lifted up a little on one side of the pci bus, so connection was not enough. rearranging the cards i could solve the problem, as the usb card seems to be strong enough connected to the board to lift the mediator a little to be able to screw the other board down too.

finally everything works, except the floppy, but a am sure this is a connection problem too, have to check this later.

now i am too happy and one step closer to a world free of pc's

thanx

[Acill]

If you like the looks of things with a mediator you should check out a Pegasos II and MorphOS! I was also a long time Amiga user and switched over to a Pegasos. I have never once regreated it.

Much easier to configure, looks like the  Amiga you love and has a lot more hardware support. It will even run most of the things you plan to run using a mediator with a voodoo card.

[PPC]

uhmm never mind somebody allready mentioned the things i mentioned, did not see that sorry

[nyteschayde]

I am having very similar problems but my cards are recognized and they show up as attached. I can get the realtek card working correctly but I cannot get the voodoo3 working at all.

The modes show up in screenmode even, but when I choose one either the machine doesn't show anything on the second monitor I am using for testing the modes or the machine hangs. I am already bidding on another voodoo3 but I am very disappointed and I've run out of ideas.

Gabriel

[jutrem]

Using a Voodoo 4500 card(tested on PC) instead of a Voodoo 3000 and I have set the jumper for it. I tried with P96 v2.0 then with version 2.1b. It would freeze in Picasso96mode during or after a test(output on voodoo) with new modes. Ocassionally on reboot I will get a Voodoo: software failure 8000 0004 error on Workbench.

I have removed everything except for Cyberstorm 060, Mediator 4000di, Voodoo 4500, GVP SCSI for DVDROM.