Prometheus giving black screen

[Kawazu]

So yesterday i started to put my 3000T back together just becouse i have an MKII on its way and wanted all to be fit for fight when it arives, but i encpuntrd a problem right away.

I have an prometheus with a voodoo 3 and i cant get it to work any more.
I install the prometheus 1.5 drivers ( have tried with all the updates to 2.5) and i install picasso96 and pick a 31hz in the install.
When i reboot the machine all i get is a blank screen on the ECS output and nothing at all on the voodoo 3 output, not even out of range, it just goes to power saving.

If i remove the prometheus from devs/monitors everything fires up just fine again.
i ran prmscan and the voodoo is detected corectly.

Could it be that i dont have any fast mem or an accelerator atm that is causing this problem?

Currently trying this on a classic workbench install both lite and avsp.

 

[fitzsteve]

Picasso 96 needs at least an 020 IIRC, but do you have 030 in your A3000T or just 68000?

It might also need an FPU as my Mediator/Voodoo don't work on my RevD A4000 that has built in 030 CPU without FPU! Only working when I attach a turbo board...

All the best,
Steve.

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Ahh plus you probably need some Fast Ram too, you don't have any Zip's on the Mobo?

What about ZII/ZIII Ram, no SCSI boards or ZorRam's kicking around the house?

 

[Justin]

i never got mine to boot without an accelerator fitted, don't know if that helps


lol as always Fitzy the ninja is faster than me (just like every Monday night)

 

[Kawazu]

I have no ram what so ever and im using the onboard 020 cpu

My MKII will probably arrive tomorrow and i hope it will work with that installed.

 

[roy_bates]

its a 25mhz 030 in a a3000t isent it?


probably a fastram issue,you need the same amount of fastram thats on the video card for display purposes.


its more like the busboard creates a window in witch the cards exist within the system,which requires fastram.

 

[Kawazu]

its a 25mhz 030 in a a3000t isent it?


probably a fastram issue,you need the same amount of fastram thats on the video card for display purposes.


its more like the busboard creates a window in witch the cards exist within the system,which requires fastram.

I thought so also but im almost 100% sure that it said 020 yesterday when i ran "showconfig"
Could it have anything to do with the system i had setup in winuae? It was setup as a 1200 when i did the installation with ofc an 020 cpu. doubt it but i better ask anyway.

 

[roy_bates]

its a 25mhz 030 in a a3000t isent it?


probably a fastram issue,you need the same amount of fastram thats on the video card for display purposes.


its more like the busboard creates a window in witch the cards exist within the system,which requires fastram.

I thought so also but im almost 100% sure that it said 020 yesterday when i ran "showconfig"
Could it have anything to do with the system i had setup in winuae? It was setup as a 1200 when i did the installation with ofc an 020 cpu. doubt it but i better ask anyway.

hmm good question.i dont know about setting up amiga drives using winuae though.i do all mine manually.

but i doubt it also.

i know showconfig shows a slightly different answer between os's maybe thats what your seeing.there isent really alot of difference between a 020 and an ec030 or 030

 

[jvdbossc]

I thought so also but im almost 100% sure that it said 020 yesterday when i ran "showconfig"
Could it have anything to do with the system i had setup in winuae? It was setup as a 1200 when i did the installation with ofc an 020 cpu. doubt it but i better ask anyway.

Normally no, the only cpu related issue I know is an 060 needs different libs, so if you are making a "recovery" boot hard disk best is to include them, then it runs on any amiga, but not for daily usage!