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Red Screen

Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
29 Mar 2023 14:59


I have mounted my Vampre firebird in my old Amiga 500 from 1987, witch have been modded to 1meg chipram. Its just been recapped and on startup (coffin62) all seems ok. Flashed the core and it booted in workbench. But when i rebooted it went in a red screen with some noise both on rgb and hdmi. Any suggestion what can be wrong?


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6197
29 Mar 2023 16:47


Jon Steinar Kvaale wrote:

  Flashed the core and it booted in workbench.
 

 
Please help me understand.
Your card was working, and then you flashed a Core?
Which Core did you flash and why?
What happens if you power off and on again?


Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
29 Mar 2023 17:59


When I started coffing it gave me the option to flash. I did and reebooted. All seemed ok, but at the second reboot it went into a red screen with some noice, and it freezes there. So I'm stuck atm.


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6197
29 Mar 2023 18:11


Jon Steinar Kvaale wrote:

When I started coffing it gave me the option to flash. I did and reebooted. All seemed ok, but at the second reboot it went into a red screen with some noice, and it freezes there. So I'm stuck atm.

 
You say "reboot" do you mean "reset" or power-off /on?

When you say "red screen with some noice"
Are these Red/black stripes?
This would indicate ROM check failed.
This means your flash was not done properly.

Please use the Altera USB Blaster and reflash the core.


Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
29 Mar 2023 19:03


yes, red black stripes.
Ok, will try that. thanks for help.



Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
14 Apr 2023 23:00


Have now got an USB blaster, but are uncertain which software to use. Can you give an direct link? For windows version.


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6197
15 Apr 2023 06:51


Hello Jon,

You can find here videos explaining how to flash the card:
EXTERNAL LINK 



Jon Steinar Kvaale

Posts 18
17 Apr 2023 20:38


Thanks a lot, its working just fine now. Never thought my old Amiga 500 bought in 1987 could work so good in 2023. Keep up the good work.


Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6197
17 Apr 2023 21:57


I'm very happy to hear all is working fine for you.


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