Blizzard: EDO RAM and more questions

[darkcoder]

Hello

  I have a Blizzard 1230, from Phase 5. The board came with a 8M SIMM
installed. Recently I obtained some 16M SIMM, so I tried to use them in the
Blizzard. Unfortunately, they are EDO SIMM.
Although not mentioned in the documentation I found on the DCE website, I
heard in some forum or maybe in this newsgroup that EDO SIMM are not good
for Blizzard (Fast Page are the right ones).
In fact the first SIMM was recognized as a 650K memory. However, the second
one is recognized as a 16M memory. I used a bit the Amiga with the SIMM in
it and it worked fine. What kind of test for the memory you suggest me? I
would like to be sure that everything is right.
The SIMM that works uses 8 chip TMS417409 -60.

Other questions: I don't know if the board is a 1230 III or 1230 IV.
ThePhase 5 logo is drawn on it.
I guess it is a 1230 IV because the bouard can be turned off at the boot
pressing the key "2", and as far as I know the 1230 IV is the only model
able to do it.

Last question, related to the second: if a turn off the board using the "2"
key, how can I turn it on again? it seems that a reset does not work.

thanks in advance for your help!
Luca

[itix]

Last question, related to the second: if a turn off the board using the "2" key, how can I turn it on again? it seems that a reset does not work.

Hold down CTRL+AMIGA+AMIGA 10 seconds.

[shIva]

In fact the first SIMM was recognized as a 650K memory. However, the second
one is recognized as a 16M memory. I used a bit the Amiga with the SIMM in
it and it worked fine. What kind of test for the memory you suggest me? I
would like to be sure that everything is right.
The SIMM that works uses 8 chip TMS417409 -60.

the first simm seems to be defective. if the second one works, everything is ok. to test the memory you can either use one of those memtest programs from the aminet, or just use the memory . if your miggy doesnt crash at some point the mem is ok.

Last question, related to the second: if a turn off the board using the "2"
key, how can I turn it on again? it seems that a reset does not work.

edited ... itix said it already :-)

[EnyGmaTiK]

Taking advantage of this thread...

I've just bought a Blizzard 1230IV from e-bay, how can i test it? i don't have an HDD (yet).

[Brian]

First... Earlystartup should under "expansion boards diagnostics" show a board as working.

After that you can just run programs, games etc on the computer that worked previously... it should work faster now though it's not 100% surtan that it will.

Try run a checkprogram such as SysInfo to see if you get the approx 10Mips and if the correct amount of memory is recogniced.

[PG]

My experiences with Blizzard 1230 and EDO ram are the same as yours, not good!
I think you should use only FPM memory, not EDO.
Look for example on ebay, and i think you will find what you are looking for.:-)

[darkcoder]

thank to everyone for kind replies!
I found several programs to test memory on aminet.
During the weekend I will test the EDO SIMM.
If the test are ok, I'll keep it in its place.

[amiga1260]

I have a Blizzard 1230 IV and a Blizzard 1260. I fitted EDO Simms in these cards. There wasn't any problems, except when I tried to install Debian Linux.

[PG]

I use FPM memory, and still think thats the best solution for Blizzard 1230 cards..:-)

[EnyGmaTiK]

I received my Blizzard today, but it won't run... the screen remains black... what does this mean?
if the Blizzard was death the screen would flash various colours didn't it? Or this means that the Blizzard is in fact death?? (i hope not)  :-(

[EnyGmaTiK]

I received my Blizzard today, but it won't run... the screen remains black... what does this mean?
if the Blizzard was death the screen would flash various colours didn't it? Or this means that the Blizzard is in fact death?? (i hope not)  :-(