Problem with KS3.1 and Amiga 3000

[Acill]

Got a response from the vendor and they found a problem with their prom burner and complete stash of previously burnt 3.1 roms (they got black screens when they plugged them in).  They are sending me a new freshly burned set that they tested on two different A3000 and offered to throw in something extra for my troubles.

All's good, I hope.

so much for them being tested before sending eh?

[madgrizzle]

True that.

[madgrizzle]

Got new roms and have 'similar' problem still.  I get black screen, but the keyboard caps lock button light works.  Use to stop after about 12 presses.. now it continues to toggle.  They claimed they tested it on two A3000's and I didn't have to bend the pins in to install them.

Switched 2.04 roms back in and got the boot screen.

I'm at a loss.  Rev 8.9 motherboard with both rom jumpers set to 25 mhz.

[madgrizzle]

Well, I got the floppy hookedup correctly and now its doing something.  Guess you shouldnt believe everything you read on the internet.. need a floppy drive working to boot an A3000.

[matt3k]

I have a 3000 (9.03) with 3.1 roms and it will boot fine without a floppy connected.

[mechy]

Well, I got the floppy hookedup correctly and now its doing something.  Guess you shouldnt believe everything you read on the internet.. need a floppy drive working to boot an A3000.

i think(if my bad memory serves) the floppy was needed on rev 7 as well as 8.9, or it may of been a 8.9 thing only. i remember running into this on one of the two years ago..

[madgrizzle]

I have a 3000 (9.03) with 3.1 roms and it will boot fine without a floppy connected.

I think perhaps the issue is that I don't have the battery installed.  After sitting a few days, I came back to it and it wouldn't boot.  If I pulled the power off the hard drive, and it booted so that told me it was a scsi issue.  I plugged the power back into the hard drive and once again, it didn't boot.  I found a thread from 9 years ago where someone suggested warm booting when it was like that.  I did the three-finger salute and it booted right up off the inserted floppy.  I powered down and disconnected the floppy drive and again, it booted up but to the hard drive (as expected).  I think I either 1) need to install the battery or 2) be prepared to warm boot.

[mechy]

Are the ROM's 3.X ROM's? if so you must have workbench.library on disk.

no this only applied to the A4000t which had different roms than the desktops.

all a3000s and towers use the same 3.1 rom