Finally got one of these nice boards for my A1200.
It was seconhand, imo cheap, so why not.
Ive ordered MMCD too, and now it begans...

Ive tried several realtek and sb128 cards but without luck.
pciinfo can detect it, vendor id, product and revisions are fine, but i cant run mixer or genesis etc.
It always complaing "Hardware ID code missing...
Contact elbox.."

Is there any way how to tell which version of MACH chips i have? Maybe its really old and not upgraded card..

tried every version of mmcd and mediatorup (3.1, 3.2 etc, up to actual 3.10 and mmcd1.26)
in first slot i have virge 4mb card (free with board) and its working fine, but vblank must be =OFF.


Thanks for all info guys, its my first time with mediator so i really dont know if im not makin' some fatal mistakes...

Thanks for link.

They write bout the upgrade:

"The first thing you need to do before using the new drivers provided on the MMCD is to upgrade the MACH chips on your Mediator board."

"With the MMCD you will have received two MACH chips. These are provided to give you the required compatibility for the latest drivers on the disk."


But i received only cd-r :-( And i think there isnt any mach chip left for upgrade anywhere in stock

lopos wrote:
I have a sticker on my Mediator PCI 1200. One is green and it says 'MM Mediator PCI 1200 U3' the other one is yellow and it says' MM Mediator PCI 1200 U5'. But I thought if you buy the software for the Mediator you should get the mach chips as well.

 :-(  doeznt look promising  :-( as i have only "color pointed" chips


if it helps, there is pciinfo output:

Pci Device 1:
VendorID: $10ec
VendorName: Realtek Semiconductor
DeviceID: $8139  
DeviceName: RT8139A/B/C Fast Ethernet Adapter
ClassCode: $20000  
RevisionID: $10  
InterruptPin: 1  
SubsystemVendorID: $10ec  
SubsystemID: $8139  
IOSpace0: $ed6000 - $ed60ff  
MemSpace1: $80000000 - $800000ff

Pci Device 2:  
VendorID: $1274
VendorName: Ensoniq
DeviceID: $1371  
DeviceName: ES1371 AudioPCI
ClassCode: $40100  
RevisionID: $6
InterruptPin: 2
SubsystemVendorID: $1274  
SubsystemID: $1371  
IOSpace0: $ed6400 - $ed643f

Pci Device 3:  
VendorID: $5333
VendorName: S3 Incorporated
DeviceID: $8a01
DeviceName: 86C375/86C385 ViRGE /DX & /GX
ClassCode: $30000  
RevisionID: $1  
InterruptPin: 4
SubsystemVendorID: $5333  
SubsystemID: $8a01
MemSpace0: $84000000 - $87ffffff  
RomSpace: $80010000 - $8001ffff


and another realtek card, this time with 8139C chip

Pci Device 1:  
VendorID: $10ec  
VendorName: Realtek Semiconductor
DeviceID: $8139  
DeviceName: RT8139A/B/C Fast Ethernet Adapter
ClassCode: $20000
RevisionID: $10
InterruptPin: 3
SubsystemVendorID: $10ec
SubsystemID: $8139  
IOSpace0: $ed6000 - $ed60ff
MemSpace1: $80000000 - $800000ff
RomSpace: $80010000 - $8001ffff

Ethernet cards are not working too
Im waitint for e-mail from Elbox...

adonay is right at this point. take a look here: mediator faq

hmm sorry looks like to early in the day for me too make conclutions....

and now what? you stay with the old drivers or you can buy from them the new chips? mach chips

Chain wrote:

but that's not true
You can expect useless "multi media" cd-r only now...

this isnt matter of "new" ol "old" drivers!
without new chips you cannot use any tv card or soundcard
, you can ylso forget on ethernet card, co only few old realtek cards works as 10mbit.

damn  :-x

So, Elbox won't sell you the Mach chips because they haven't got any or your board is so old it won't make any difference?