| From: | Nick Lamburn |
| Date: | 23 Oct 2000 at 20:02:27 |
| Subject: | Re: URGENT: A3000 and Cybervision 64/3D crashes |
Hi Richard
> Sorry for the delayed e reply... I really want to get to the bottom of
> this, just like you!
NP :)
> You typed in a previous message posted to this board:
Guilty your honour ;)
>> However it seems as no one has an answer, even Eyetech or now DCE. Have
>> you
>> tried Picasso '96 as well? It crashes like CGfx for me. Like I say I've
>> tried CGfx v3 (CV64 3D install disk), v4 and Picasso '96 1.43 and 2.0.
>> And
>> it doesn't work on either my motherboard '030/'882 or A3640 r3.1 on
>> super
>> buster 11.
>
> Well I have been liasing with eyetech about this and all they could
> suggest was that I remove and replace all cards one at a time but I have
> been trying other things too: I have the original 40MB IDE hard drive
> which is basically now formatted with OS3.0 and a couple of programs and
> also I have CGX3 on it and it *used* to work before I removed it and
> replaced it with what I am now using (1GB), but I just tried this morning
> and the 40MB drive also freezes on startup. Run snoopdos and this time
> it's freezing on datatypes.library (which is the original one, and same as
> on the 1GB drive), so I reboot again without startup and just type in
> "loadwb" and when I go to click on CVision3d icon in devs/datatypes, it
> freezes again. Now I know for a fact that I have had the gfx card working
> in 24bit modes before, (IBrowse was beautiful) *and* with both hard drives
> connected separately, so I reckon it *has* to be a problem with either the
> CV643d card or the AMON flicker fixer thingy that the monitor is plugged
> into. All the above testing I have done basically confirms this (IMHO).
> And the fact that it is coming up in early startup screen as a "Working"
> board suggests that it may be the flicker fixer/AMON, as this would not be
> seen by the board checking routine?
>
> Looks like we've got dud boards :( I'm waiting for eyetech to get back to
> me on the 40MB hard drive testing I have done. If I have to, I will
> reformat it and just install nothing but WB3.0 and CGX3 and *then* see
> what happens.
>
> At least x-surf is now working :)
Well at least something is working, which is good. I have since tried my
card in an A4000 (albeit buster 9) and the same thing happened except
instead of freezing, the A4000 froze and then reset itself, which the A3000
did not do.
If you ask me, I reckon it's probably a dud board, and also the fact that
Enforcer is needed on some systems on CGfx V3 means the drivers are a bit,
well frankly shit as well! ;)
Though my problem has occured with CGfx 3, 4 and P96 1.43 and 2.0. Have you
tried using Picasso '96?
Hopefully you'll get to the bottom of this with Eyetech! Also, is yours a
DCE CV64 3D or like me, a Phase 5 one?
Regards
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