X5000 Having Ethernet Adapter Issues

[Acill]

@Acill

I have both PCI 8139 and PCIe 8169 Ethernet cards installed in my X5000 for test purposes. Both appear to work fine (once set up). The other PCI slot has an sii3112 sata card.

I also have a PCIe Sound card which again works fine.

Trev

Oh, I believe it, just for some reason this machine doesn't like the 819 card I received. It looses its settings or something every reboot.

[SACC-guy]

Oh, I believe it, just for some reason this machine doesn't like the 819 card I received. It looses its settings or something every reboot.

Did you think to try the pci-e card after you re-installed the OS?

You being the hardware guy, I expect you made sure the card is fit correctly?

[Acill]

Did you think to try the pci-e card after you re-installed the OS?

You being the hardware guy, I expect you made sure the card is fit correctly?

Yup, first thing I did. Same problem in both of the small PCIe slots. The card is found no problem when you run the wizard. I select it, use auto configure, it comes online and save the file in networks/devs like it should.

I can go out on the internet perfectly with no issues. The moment I reboot its as if someone unplugged the ethernet cable from the back of the machine. The card is still detected, the file is correct and still in devs, it just wont go online any longer unless you delete the settings file and start the process all over again. This is ONLY with the PCIe card. The PCI one works just fine, so I know its not my network or the OS itself. Its something in the PCIe slots or the card itself.

[Debaser]

Welcome to the voodoo of the PCI and PCI-e cards of the X5K.

Hit and miss it seems for ethernet and sound cards.

TJ

Acill

How is your sound card doing? Can you play audio for 15-30mins. with out lockup or no audio?

[Acill]

Acill

How is your sound card doing? Can you play audio for 15-30mins. with out lockup or no audio?

Actually no, it does lock up or go silent and I have to reboot at times. I just discovered this last night while playing some internet radio. i'll do some more testing tonight and get back.

Can someone recommend a soundblaster card that works? I am willing to try one and see. It came with some generic sound card it seems.

[eliyahu]

@Acill

i use a bog-standard envy24ht card from syba and it works brilliantly. we hit some issues with some CMI8738-based cards in beta testing, so i switched, and haven't any problems since. i can't remember what the root cause was; i'll see if i can find the email thread later tonight.

-- eliyahu

[Spectre660]

AMIGA on the Lake need to remove this quote because it is not accurate :
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3625&start=40#p41538

* Every AmigaOne X5000 sold by Amiga  On The Lake has the best sound card Available. A PCI sound card. Some of  you may have been lucky enough to find a PCIe sound card that works  with AmigaOS4.1FE in the X5000. Almost all PCIe sound cards have a  defect in the bridge chip that locks up the system (other problems in  other OS's).

[Spectre660]

The story with pciex1 CMI cards .
http://forum.hyperion-entertainment.biz/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=3625&start=10#p40142

Some pci ones work ok under Amigaos 4.1. seem better in the first pci slot .

[eliyahu]

@Spectre660

thanks for the link! i couldn't remember the details on this. hopefully aaron (at AOTL) can get those cards replaced in his future builds.

-- eliyahu

[Acill]

@Acill

i use a bog-standard envy24ht card from syba and it works brilliantly. we hit some issues with some CMI8738-based cards in beta testing, so i switched, and haven't any problems since. i can't remember what the root cause was; i'll see if i can find the email thread later tonight.

-- eliyahu

Looks like mine is a SIIG Soundwave 5.1 PCI card.

[Spectre660]

No problem.
I am using a pci cmi 8738 in the first slot and it works with no lockups  under AmigaOS 4.1.
But it locks up with full screen video under Linux  so I use HDMI audio .

@Spectre660

thanks for the link! i couldn't remember the details on this. hopefully aaron (at AOTL) can get those cards replaced in his future builds.

-- eliyahu

[Debaser]

Thanks eliyahu

I just placed an order for an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 card. According the Hyperion's site it is a compatible Envy card. Was cheap enough, will give it a go.

Acill - your card will need to be replaced.

[Acill]

No problem.
I am using a pci cmi 8738 in the first slot and it works with no lockups  under AmigaOS 4.1.
But it locks up with full screen video under Linux  so I use HDMI audio .

So yeah, Tunenet just locked up while playing a station after about 10 minutes.

[Spectre660]

Apparently that is one of the tests Amigakit now use when testing their X500-builds. I assembled my own machine  (Got just the motherboard from AmigaKit) so finding a working sound card is on me but AOTL should really replace your sound card with one that works as you bought a complete system.

So yeah, Tunenet just locked up while playing a station after about 10 minutes.

[Acill]

Thanks eliyahu

I just placed an order for an M-Audio Revolution 5.1 card. According the Hyperion's site it is a compatible Envy card. Was cheap enough, will give it a go.

Acill - your card will need to be replaced.

These SIIG cards are not a good version of a PCI card?? Man. I am out not only the Ethernet card mine came with but also the Audio card? Sheesh, they need to make this very clear on the sites selling the systems!

My current card is this one: http://www.generationamiga.com/2017/05/01/soundwave-5-1-pci-for-amigaone-x5000-and-amigaos-4-1/

Is the the card? Best I see is $50US

http://www.ebay.com/itm/M-AUDIO-Revolution-5-1-5-1-Channels-24-bit-192KHz-PCI-Interface-High-Definition-/263071580656?hash=item3d4049c1f0:g:M3cAAOSw~XpZW-Ut

[Debaser]

Yeah I guess the SIIG cards are quite flakey... or at least flakey with X5000's.

I will let you know how mine goes when I get it. Aaron just needs to find a new card to go with.