Spectre660 wrote:A riser card like that is just an extension cable so I am sure that the problem is a loose connection or incorrect uboot setting.
I have no problems with the new Uboot and my PCIE riser .
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Spectre660 wrote:A riser card like that is just an extension cable so I am sure that the problem is a loose connection or incorrect uboot setting.
I have no problems with the new Uboot and my PCIE riser .
I checked the connections from the riser to PCI and riser to 3114 card. I tried unplugging and plugging the riser back in. Perhaps there is a loose connection on one of the parts of the riser boards (my riser has board parts between the connections).
Motherboard: SAM460ex lite @1017 MHz 2 GB DDR2 SOLD PCIe 4x: XFX Radeon HD 7750 Core Edition 1 GB SOLD PCI: SYBA SY-SA3512-2R 2 Port SATA SOLD PCIe 1x: Vantec UGT-S110 7.1 Audio SOLD OS: AmigaOS 4.1 FE SOLD
Spectre660 wrote:A riser card like that is just an extension cable so I am sure that the problem is a loose connection or incorrect uboot setting.
I have no problems with the new Uboot and my PCIE riser .
I checked the connections from the riser to PCI and riser to 3114 card. I tried unplugging and plugging the riser back in. Perhaps there is a loose connection on one of the parts of the riser boards (my riser has board parts between the connections).
I forgot to post what happened. The last time I tried my riser card along with the 3114, I started smelling an electronic burning smell. I immediately turned off the Sam460. I took out the 3114 and riser card. The riser card was fried. I plugged the 3114 card back in. Fortunately the 3114 card still works. If I replace my HD 4830 with a dual slot graphics card, I'll have to get another riser.
Motherboard: SAM460ex lite @1017 MHz 2 GB DDR2 SOLD PCIe 4x: XFX Radeon HD 7750 Core Edition 1 GB SOLD PCI: SYBA SY-SA3512-2R 2 Port SATA SOLD PCIe 1x: Vantec UGT-S110 7.1 Audio SOLD OS: AmigaOS 4.1 FE SOLD
Even MORE fortunately, the Sam mobo still works !!
Any idea what caused the riser to die? Were components on it shorting against something else?
I know it's a silly question and I hope you won't be offended, but you didn't plug/unplug it with the computer in standby (power connected but not running) ?
No offense taken. As with any delicate electronic operation, I use poff (powering off). I then switch off the PSU from the back. I hit the power button on the front of the case to drain any residual juice. Then, if I am thinking about it, I put on an antistatic wrist strap.
I am not sure what happened to the riser card. Perhaps with all of the plugging and unplugging, at some point I may have not been wearing my antistatic wrist strap. (I confess, I do not always wear one. Shame on me.)
Motherboard: SAM460ex lite @1017 MHz 2 GB DDR2 SOLD PCIe 4x: XFX Radeon HD 7750 Core Edition 1 GB SOLD PCI: SYBA SY-SA3512-2R 2 Port SATA SOLD PCIe 1x: Vantec UGT-S110 7.1 Audio SOLD OS: AmigaOS 4.1 FE SOLD
I don't even own one. But then, I've been handling static-sensitive devices for nearly 50 years, so I instinctively pick things up in a safe manner. I did blow up a FET once, but that was back around 1970.
In practice, it's pretty hard to damage something that is soldered into a circuit. All the componenta around it help to absorb and share any shocks.
It's quite possible that the riser card failed through no fault of yours at all.
I don't think the type of GFX card is going to make much difference. Your limitations are more to do with the video replay software and the Radeon driver.
I think that the limitation is the cpu's decoding of the video. MP4 is a problem for the Sam460ex's cpu in the AmigaOS 4.1 implemetation of the video players. Under LInux on the Sam460ex Mplayer can stream a 360p mp4 in windowed mode. No full screen though.
tonyw wrote:I don't think the type of GFX card is going to make much difference. Your limitations are more to do with the video replay software and the Radeon driver.
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