Hello dear Community of Amiga Lovers
I am currently trying to expand an Amiga 2000 I bought sometime last year.
In the meantime I had some trouble with moving, that's why the long delay.
This is also my first venture into big box Amigas, until then I only owned A500 and A1200.
What I have is a quite nice stock A2000 Rev 6 board with no (visible) damage and battery removed
long time ago. It was equipped with a GVP SCSI Card.
I also installed a Picasso IV which worked as a scandoubler, but I could not use the RTG because this needs at least a 020.
I toyed with it a little while and everything seemed to be working.
This week I started installing some parts I ordered and that is where the trouble started.
First on the list was an ATX Adapter. I pulled the Picasso and the GVP, installed the ATX Adapter from Ian Stedman and
it worked. Then I reinstalled the GVP which also worked.
Next on the list was the Vampire, which I installed using Acill's CPU Slot Adapter.
I removed the stock CPU & the Kick Rom.
Booted and everything worked fine.
Next I installed the Picasso, which did not work.....In fact, neither the Picasso nor the GVP are detected in the Early Startup Menus Diagnostics
I tried the following:
1. Reinstalled the Kick Rom
2. Removed the Vampire and reinstalled the stock CPU (on the CPU Slot Adapter)
3. Tried every available Zorro Slot
4. Inspected the Picasso & cleaned the contacts.
All to no success. When the Picasso is installed, neither Picasso nor GVP are detected.
If I remove the Picasso, then GVP is detected and everything works fine.
Since the Picasso is not a cheap piece of equipment I am a bit worried.....
Does anyone has any ideas?
Cheers!
BigRed
I am currently trying to expand an Amiga 2000 I bought sometime last year.
In the meantime I had some trouble with moving, that's why the long delay.
This is also my first venture into big box Amigas, until then I only owned A500 and A1200.
What I have is a quite nice stock A2000 Rev 6 board with no (visible) damage and battery removed
long time ago. It was equipped with a GVP SCSI Card.
I also installed a Picasso IV which worked as a scandoubler, but I could not use the RTG because this needs at least a 020.
I toyed with it a little while and everything seemed to be working.
This week I started installing some parts I ordered and that is where the trouble started.
First on the list was an ATX Adapter. I pulled the Picasso and the GVP, installed the ATX Adapter from Ian Stedman and
it worked. Then I reinstalled the GVP which also worked.
Next on the list was the Vampire, which I installed using Acill's CPU Slot Adapter.
I removed the stock CPU & the Kick Rom.
Booted and everything worked fine.
Next I installed the Picasso, which did not work.....In fact, neither the Picasso nor the GVP are detected in the Early Startup Menus Diagnostics
I tried the following:
1. Reinstalled the Kick Rom
2. Removed the Vampire and reinstalled the stock CPU (on the CPU Slot Adapter)
3. Tried every available Zorro Slot
4. Inspected the Picasso & cleaned the contacts.
All to no success. When the Picasso is installed, neither Picasso nor GVP are detected.
If I remove the Picasso, then GVP is detected and everything works fine.
Since the Picasso is not a cheap piece of equipment I am a bit worried.....
Does anyone has any ideas?
Cheers!
BigRed