Vortex GoldenGate 486slc on A2000 rev. 6.2

[Tryphon]

Thank you again. Nethertheless error 90 is not documented.

I mentionned a missing resistor. I think it is a capacitor. I do not know if there is a way to have its specifications.

[Tahoe]

Jeff wrote:
[EDIT] BTW Does anyone have the English version of the Vortex Bridgeboard manual available to scan in? It seems to be very rare if it exists at all.

Yes, I have an English Manual. When I have time I'll scan it, however it's 115 pages  :-o

[keropi]

yes, had 2 eng manuals... kept one, the other went with the gg386 I sold...
all those symptoms indicate a DEAD gg card

[Jeff]

Two more ideas before you rule the card out as dead. First try it in an A3000 or A4000 in the top slot if possible. Secondly and I'm not sure if this will help, but there is a patch that you can make to the 2000 to improve DMA issues with HD controllers and accelerators. It is simple and only involves installing a 1K pull-up resistor across pins 11 and 20 of U605 on the A2000 motherboard.

Short of that I am about out of ideas. I would be happy to test the board in one of my systems if you want to cover the postage both ways to the USA. Perhaps someone local to you can test it in another machine if you don't have one.

Good Luck,
-Jeff

[Tryphon]

Keropi, Jeff, I am quite happy to have your help.

Sure I will try with the resistor. I leave my Amiga during the week. Next week-end I will decide what I am doing with this card : ask a refund or test it in your Amiga (I do not have an Amiga 3000 or 4000 and no friend who have it).

Thank you.

[keropi]

A gg486 was doing the same to me , and was dead... amiga saw it as working, and when digger tried to use it, the green light would not turn on, or it would turn on and nag about that it could not reset the card IIRC... I sent it to JJB in France, he replaced some stuff that where dead, but still it did not work...