Help! Just bought a Sam440ep-flex, what now?

[som99]

Hello all, well I have been using MorphOS for long but today I got my hands on a SAM440ep-flex board for a price I could not resist.

So I thought well it's time to give AmigaOS 4.1 a go, I have never used AmigaOS 4.x so a few helpful tips what do get and do next would be much appreciated

So got an Sam440ep-flex 800MHz board + 512MB ram, a radeon 9250 256MB and a soundblaster audigy2 and the AmigaOS 4.1 CD for about 300$

Ill post my questions and ask for help from other AmigaOS 4.x users here.

I assembled the machine as pictures below will show, I only had a spare Thermaltake Lanbox Lite mATX chassi so I have to use that for now untill I find something more fitting.

I will tidy up the cables more and use a modular PSU in the next case


Here is what I got, the ATI card had no fan when I got it.


I decided to put a fan on the ATI card, as I have a few 92xx cards I know the fan is quite loud so I skipped that one and compared a few other fans I could fit to get a as silent as possible there.


This is the GFX card done with a new fan.


The motherboard fitted:


Her is all on place in the chassi.


Here is the spare mATX case I had lying around in the basement, ill replace it at a later date when I find something more fitting.

[som99]

My first problem just arise and I need some help, when I enter u-boot and pick the DVD drive it loads trough the kickstart files and I see the AmigaOS 4 splash screen for less then a second then I get the kickstart "insert floppy" image and nothing more happens.

tried removing the sound card, the mouse (as all other things are needed to start) but still the same thing can't get past, I need someones help

Edit: tried switching PCI slots from the top 66MHz to both 33MHz ones, dosen't help, tried 4 other hard drives, 1TB, 250GB, 80GB and last a 40GB one, still wont boot
Edit: Tried different SATA ports but then it wont boot at all, so they are correct (not as in picture, swaped j21 with j23)



pressing left+right mouse button for the boot menu does not give any options that helps me and no CD/DVD drive is seen :/

EDIT: problem fixed by setting the sii3114ide_conf to 1002 to tell uboot that there where a hdd on the first SATA port and bam everything seems to work so far!

[magnetic]

Nice NG Amiga you have there and a great deal! Have fun

[som99]

Nice NG Amiga you have there and a great deal! Have fun

Thanks, can't use it yet tho since install wont boot :/ Have any idea from above post why I get stuck in "insert floppy" kickstart screen?

[smerf]

Thanks, can't use it yet tho since install wont boot :/ Have any idea from above post why I get stuck in "insert floppy" kickstart screen?

Hi,

Yes, I do, on my Amiga 1200 I have to shut it all the way down put the Amiga OS 4.1 boot up disk upon power up. I also have to put the OS 4.1 dvd in the dvd rom turn on power then it goes from there I think, it has been at least a year since I loaded up 4.1 on my A1200, it ran so slow that I went back to OS 3.9. but now you have to remember my A1200 is only a 240 MHz ppc. Once again, it has been a long time since I played with my A1200, I have been using my A4000 most of the time.

but that is a story for another day, somehow you have to get that floppy to an SD, CF or whatever the Sam 440 uses so that it will boot up and install OS 4.1 on your hard drive, hey guy with a hard hat if you know the answer give the guy a hand.

The only other thing I can think of is you got the wrong version for the wrong computer.

Heck I don't know what I am talking about, if Franko was here he probably could help.

smerf

[smerf]

Hi,

Is your OS 4.1 for the Sam 440, I just went to Amigakit and it seems like there is several different versions.

smerf

[carvedeye]

Hi,

Is your OS 4.1 for the Sam 440, I just went to Amigakit and it seems like there is several different versions.

smerf

Well going of the box it looks exactly like the one I had for my sam440.

[som99]

Hi,

Is your OS 4.1 for the Sam 440, I just went to Amigakit and it seems like there is several different versions.

smerf

Thanks for the reply, the AmigaOS 4.1 manual/quickstart Guide that came with the CD says "AmigaOS 4.1 for Sam440" So I use hopes so, nothing on the CD says anything.

[magnetic]

No man I dont know anything about Sams.

[yssing]

The Sam can only boot from some of the data connectors, I can't remember exactly which ones, but I think you used the wrong connector for the DVD .

[som99]

No man I dont know anything about Sams.

Thanks anyways

Well going of the box it looks exactly like the one I had for my sam440.

Thanks, since the manual says so i hope so

The Sam can only boot from some of the data connectors, I can't remember exactly which ones, but I think you used the wrong connector for the DVD .

I noticed that on my pictures before I started installing and switched from J21 to J23, but thanks ill try all SATA ports just to be safe

Edit: Tried switching around SATAS but no boot at all then so that's not the problem

[mongo]

I would check the CD to make sure it doesn't have any errors on it, and maybe try another CD drive if you have one.

[som99]

I would check the CD to make sure it doesn't have any errors on it, and maybe try another CD drive if you have one.

The CD is checked, ill try to dig out another SATA DVD drive and see if that helps

Tried another SATA DVD and tomorrow ill drive and buy a brand new DVD-drive and try that, if that dosen't work I got no clue what I am supposed to do

[WeiXing3D]

If you haven't done yet, post this thread at http://www.amigaworld.net. There you can find all the support you want for OS4.1 related issues. The crowd there is quite nice.

I used to have a SAM460ex with OS4.1.6, but I sold it very recentely to have money to afford the new fpg board which is now starting to ship

Another good site is http://www.amigans.net. They also have a social group in Facebook; just look for them there under Amiga OS4.1.

Have fun with your system!

[Lurch]

Hi som99, was it a private sale? $300 Is what I'm looking at spending. Would love to have that setup, think I'm finally getting to end of my classic stage. Too buggy :-/