Urgent: Pegasos II needs Open Firmware update!

[Hooligan_DCS]

Luckily the machine is easy to fix back. Would be a bitch if someone would have to send it back for this.

[Leo42]

well... sending commands via serial cable in order to reset firmware is not what I would call "simple"...

It implies that you have a second (working) computer, a serial cable and the suitable software (configured properly) to be able to reset the firmware...

"a0;L;
w38806040;+;w64848000;+;w3ca0f100;+;w60a50c78;+; w7c000278;+;w7c802d2c;+;w7c0006ac;+;w3ca0f100;+; w38600014;+;w98650c7c;+;w7c0006ac;+;w3c80fff1;+; w386000aa;+;w98645555;+;w7c0006ac;+;w38a00055;+; w98a42aaa;+;w7c0006ac;+;w38c00080;+;w98c45555;+; w7c0006ac;+;w98645555;+;w7c0006ac;+;w98a42aaa;+; w7c0006ac;+;w38e00030;+;w98e40000;+;w42800000;
a0;g;"



Regards,
Leo.

[dslcc]

Seems simple enough to me. God knows I've sent a few PC's to PC heaven
by blowing away the bios in botched flash attempts. I actually had a
power failure right in the middle of a flash - the chances of that
happening was like getting struck by lightening.

It is good that there is this option.

[iamaboringperson]

That's so soon! :-o

It's a good thing that there aren't many boards out yet!

[Brian]

I personaly find it shocking that such an error go unnoticed through betatesting and alike but that said I think bplan did manage the situasion ok, not great but ok. :-o

[Wilse]

Well, they wanted to get the boards out quick as.
Trouble with us Amiga people is we're greetin' faced bastards. If they'd held them back awhile to do more testing, you'd have all the arseholes on the red side bleeting about missed deadlines - it was already starting to happen.
It's testament to their skill and dedication that the boards went out at all - cut them some slack FFS!

Same thing goes the other way round when Hyperion don't get their beta out for Christmas - arseholes on the blue side bleeting.

[TallAmigan]

Hey , how many PC users would have the patience or knowledge to repair this with the instructions...

It is great to know that the Amigans have the patience and the fortitude to work it out...

[amigamad]

Simple solution is to wait a while before you buy any new hardware that way other people who buy them find any bugs and you get one later on that has any problems sorted. :-)

[redrumloa]

Hey , how many PC users would have the patience or knowledge to repair this with the instructions...

Actually any PC user who buys the first revision of a brand new motherboard typically deals with the exact same type of problem. You should expect to flash the bios multiple times in the first year, and there will definately be bugs.

If you don't like this then either wait for a later revision when all bugs are irond out, or buy a preassembled system from a dealer. Amiga or PC, buying separate components has it's risks.

[IonDeluxe]

Genesi has served the computer hobbyist since the first Beta release of the Pegasos in 2002. Trialed and tested by over 1000 users in 34 countries, enthusiasts have configured the Pegasos in variety of fashions with over a dozen different operating systems. The Pegasos was awarded the Amiga Award 2002 by Falke Media Verlag and recently, the Pegasos was acclaimed as the future home of the Linux desktop by German Linux site PPCNUX.

Over 1000 beta testers that have "trialled and tested" the board and they still cannot catch such a major flaw in the firmware before it goes out the door?
Either that statement is not worth the electrons showing it or they have some very shoddy testing and trialling criteria in my opinion.

[KennyR]

IonDeluxe wrote:
Over 1000 beta testers that have "trialled and tested" the board and they still cannot catch such a major flaw in the firmware before it goes out the door?

1000 users haven't tested the Pegasos-2. They're about to do this now. Before this, the Peg-2 has been only in the hands of its engineers and core developers of MorphOS. The Peg-1 uses a different version of the firmware.

[Wilse]

Over 1000 beta testers that have "trialled and tested" the board

WTF? First I've heard. I don't think they've even sold that many.

[iamaboringperson]

"Serves you right Pegasos owners!! bla... bla... bla... "

[amigamad]

Actually any PC user who buys the first revision of a brand new motherboard typically deals with the exact same type of problem. You should expect to flash the bios multiple times in the first year, and there will definately be bugs.

Thats true i have had to flash all 3 pc motherboards i have had ,1 jetway 1 asus my current pc board and a crappy msi that went wrong .
so this is as said nothing to worry about even the amigaone will need a firmware flash to use os4 . :-)

[Hammer]

Seems simple enough to me. God knows I've sent a few PC's to PC heaven

Luckily, my late model Gigabyte motherboards (e.g. GA-7N400 series) run with Dual-BIOS i.e. fitted with primary and backup BIOS.

[Hammer]

I seen minor** PC BIOS bugs before but this one takes the cake…

**bootable state, with BIOS settings workarounds e.g. setting to low performance bias settings.