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Warning : Vampire V500 In A2000 Using Slot-adaptorpage  1 2 

John William

Posts 563
28 Aug 2019 00:42


Guys understand that the V500 was designed as an accelerator for the Amiga 500! THAT IS THE AMIGA 500'S ACCELERATOR..it was not build in mind for Amiga 2000/Amiga 1000..the fact it works 100% on these two other models is a miracle and a bonus to you guys that you should be thankful and not complain it doesn't meet a certain narrative. That in mind...like Gunnar said..this is an AMIGA 500 ACCELERATOR designed to replace the AMIGA 500 CPU....for the AMIGA 500!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 
  Ahem...so any usage of the third party add-on resulting in frying your Amiga or Vampire by not following Gunnar's warning and not following his instruction to the tea...to the inner bottom cup of that tea...then the fault is exclusively on that user and the team are NOT LIABLE for any damages that occur. If you don't have an Amiga model yet and you want to use the V500...and you don't know what your doing...use the accelerator for it's true intention when it was first made and get yourself an Amiga 500 model and install it there...the way it intended from the first place. You wish to go wild and take risks...then use it on A2000 or A1000 and it is in your own. Gunnar have done his job and gave all warnings and instructions...


Shaman B99

Posts 3
27 Jan 2022 20:36


I bought a very nice Vampire 500 V2+ three years ago and used the card with a CPU slot adapter in my A2000. Everything worked very well until I accidentally put the card in the wrong orientation. Now it only shows a green screen.

I already read a post from Gunnar that a green screen indicates that the card was executing a lot of code since initialization. Is it still working? The A2000 works fine without the Vampire and I tested a 68030 card, which is also working in the A2000. So, the problem is isolated to the Vampire. It's not possible to flash the Vampire, because the flashing process interrupts at the last few percent of the progress bar without error. What can I do?


Darren Eveland

Posts 101
28 Jan 2022 02:34


shaman b99 wrote:

I bought a very nice Vampire 500 V2+ three years ago and used the card with a CPU slot adapter in my A2000. Everything worked very well until I accidentally put the card in the wrong orientation. Now it only shows a green screen.
 
  I already read a post from Gunnar that a green screen indicates that the card was executing a lot of code since initialization. Is it still working? The A2000 works fine without the Vampire and I tested a 68030 card, which is also working in the A2000. So, the problem is isolated to the Vampire. It's not possible to flash the Vampire, because the flashing process interrupts at the last few percent of the progress bar without error. What can I do?

I did the same thing.  There are 4 chips that likely need to be replaced on the Vampire. The ones all in a row.  I had mine professionally replaced and it fixed the Vampire.  I emailed Igor and he advised me which chips it could be.



Gunnar von Boehn
(Apollo Team Member)
Posts 6207
28 Jan 2022 08:15


shaman b99 wrote:

I already read a post from Gunnar that a green screen indicates that the card was executing a lot of code since initialization.

Green-Screen means Amiga mainboard Chipmem error.
It sounds like one or some of levels shifters were toasted.


Shaman B99

Posts 3
28 Jan 2022 10:15


Thanks to both of you! I will replace these chips.


Christoph Stolarek

Posts 1
19 Feb 2023 10:36


Hi,
I did the same mistake...
I was using my card over 2 years without any problems on my A2000.
But this year I wanted to try another accelerator card and for that I had to remove the Vampire. I forgot to notice which direction the Vampire was inserted. And now I have the same issue.. green screen.
Unfortunately, I'm not very good at soldering and SMD things in the first place.
I wonder if there is any chance that some of you guys can help me with that?
BR
Chris


Darren Eveland

Posts 101
20 Feb 2023 02:57


Christoph Stolarek wrote:

Hi,
  I did the same mistake...
  I was using my card over 2 years without any problems on my A2000.
  But this year I wanted to try another accelerator card and for that I had to remove the Vampire. I forgot to notice which direction the Vampire was inserted. And now I have the same issue.. green screen.
  Unfortunately, I'm not very good at soldering and SMD things in the first place.
  I wonder if there is any chance that some of you guys can help me with that?
  BR
  Chris

I had the 4 chips replaced at a local electronics shop. And since then my Vampire works perfectly for over a year now.  It was chips U1 to U4 that I had replaced.

It worked in my case.  I can't say it will work for yours, but for me it did and it was worth it to get it repaired!

Darren



Shaman B99

Posts 3
23 Dec 2023 00:10


Ok, thank you for the hint! Worked for me as well!

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