what is fixed xe (g4) dma and usb hardware

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et al,
I now know that this machine was not fixed! SO...

My "new" AmigaOne G4 (XE) is now a whole new machine... (replaced most of the main parts)
New ide hard drive for the moment. (looking for sii card)
New 9250 agp 128megs (from amigakit)
New usb (nec chipset) card
New Creative sound card (still have to learn how to use this)

BUT, most important of all, (thx tonyw) a stable 512-MB DIMM, because this was the real problem.

I'll keep asking questions, thanks everyone.

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Good to hear of your success.

Stay happy.
cheers
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How can we se the a1ide.device to PIO mode? If it is not set by drfault, which command must be used on uboot to activate the PIO mode?
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CountRaven wrote:How can we se the a1ide.device to PIO mode? If it is not set by drfault, which command must be used on uboot to activate the PIO mode?
Check the documentation file: SYS:Documentation/IDE/a1ide_dev.doc.

But IIRC, DMA mode is only the default for "hardware which can cope" (or words to that effect), otherwise PIO. And I believe the latter is the case for the a1ide.

You can use the command C:idetool to check how your current settings are. Enter "idetool" to get a usage overview. You probably want the -l and/or the -u switches. Remember that "devname" in the syntax means the complete device name, e.g. "a1ide.device". BTW, there's a doc file for IDETool as well - same place as the device ones.

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I know this thread is a couple years old.

Does anybody have a recommendation for a SATA or IDE card to fix the DMA issue?
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I found and bought a SIGG ultraATA 133 pci. It works great.

AmigaKit also sells a sata card that is compatible.

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Amigakit only sells the 4 port Sata and there was some discussion that uboot 1.1.1 will not work with it. that is what I have.

"I think U-Boot 1.1.1(Mar 3 2005, latest non-beta firmeware) only supports cards with sii0680 (PATA) and one of the cards you named. I think it was the sii3112 (2-Port SATA).
There is a beta U-Boot 1.1.4 that add support for one more card, i think it is the sii3114 (4-Port SATA)."

Are there any SCSI cards that will work or a list of compatible hardware? I have several SCSI drives.
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amiganut wrote:Are there any SCSI cards that will work or a list of compatible hardware? I have several SCSI drives.
Yeah check the lsi53c8xx_dev.doc in the same IDE drawer.
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hello
just to add some infos
I have the a1g3se, with uboot 1.1.4, it boots from 3112 and 3114, the last is the one I am using now
I had the same 2 dimm modules problem, in the beginning just 1 GB module registered and it worked ok, then added another one, same model, speed benchmark stated it was slower, audio was always freezing, no matter which audio board I used (sb live!, sb 128, muse 5.1)
then one day it didn't even boot anymore.
I took 1GB off and everything turned out perfect, even the audio problem is gone, I can now play audio streams for days without any interruption or freeze
but, of course, I have other problems: no USB, whether built in or with NEC card,
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satiropan wrote:but, of course, I have other problems: no USB, whether built in or with NEC card,
It should work with USB1.x. Have you disabled USB2 EHCI driver?
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