phase 5 blizzard iv 1230 64 mb not booting up

[digiflip]

still the same, so ordered crystal 50 mhz and socket from amigakit.

[AmiDude]

its never worked for me but the person who gave me the blizzard said he tested it on his pc before he sent it me.

?! He's lying. You can't test a Blizzard 1230IV (or any Blizzard /Amiga card for that matter)
on a PC. He probably sold you a defect card.

[digiflip]

maybe

[digiflip]

bit the bullet bought aca1231 but will try fiiting a new crystal to get this working, if dont get working anyone know what sort of price I can get for untested/maybe repairable blizzard iv?

[digiflip]

does any1 think i should get this board tested on another amiga 1200 before attempting to solder on new crystal?

tested with 4 mb simm no screen, 64mb simm no screen, 16 mb simm no screen

so I am thinking crystal, motherboard timing/expansion socket or card is dead?

[paul1981]

does any1 think i should get this board tested on another amiga 1200 before attempting to solder on new crystal?

tested with 4 mb simm no screen, 64mb simm no screen, 16 mb simm no screen

so I am thinking crystal, motherboard timing/expansion socket or card is dead?

That's a shame about the 16 Meg Simm not working.  So that can definitely be ruled out then.
Personally, I wouldn't do anything until your ACA1231 arrives. If that doesn't work either then that points strongly towards your A1200 motherboard being defective in some way.

[Duce]

I would test it on another known working A1200 just to confirm the accel is indeed hosed.

I had similar probs with a Phase 5 PPC/040 card and all it amounted to was a bad SIMM.

[digiflip]

in my attempt to solder on another crystal, i gaveup and just resoldered the crystal allready installed, now working.

now attempting to install os 3.9.

happy days.

[paul1981]

in my attempt to solder on another crystal, i gaveup and just resoldered the crystal allready installed, now working.

now attempting to install os 3.9.

happy days.

Excellent news!
:roflmao:

[bitman]

in my attempt to solder on another crystal, i gaveup and just resoldered the crystal allready installed, now working.

now attempting to install os 3.9.

happy days.

So it was the Crystal as suggested - seems to be a "common" problem on old Blizzards

[paul1981]

So it was the Crystal as suggested - seems to be a "common" problem on old Blizzards

Yeah, those Blizzards's that never ever go wrong and are perfect in every way :laugh1:

Anyone fancy another Apollo vs. Blizzard war?

Apollo :swords: Blizzard