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Old 06-12-2012, 02:26 AM   #1
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Default Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Have a very wavy picture and horizontal lines running up the screen. Occasionally a pink flash.

If I connect the Amiga 500 plus back up with the s-video it's fine.

I have removed the Indivision and checked all the pins, have checked the riser card.

Have pushed it in as far as I can get it to go and appears to have no gaps, the pins are all where they are supposed to be, have installed the ground cable.

Have tried without the ECS Denise. The Amiga 500 plus is a full ECS machine so can't see any issue there.

Have stripped it down to just the motherboard and the indivsion connected and still the same thing.

Installed the Indivision config tool as I have a funny jagged missing gap at the bottom which is apparently normal on some monitors. Still same problem.

Have googled around and found one guy having the same issues and I got the impression he pushed it so hard the board bent to try and get it to work.

Not sure what else to try :-/ The most money I've spent on an Amiga LOL :-)
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Old 06-12-2012, 04:16 AM   #2
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Have you contacted AmigaKit for support?
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Old 06-12-2012, 04:51 AM   #3
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Have raised a ticket with them, but probably be in bed asleep before they read it :-)

Oh and have tried another monitor same fault.
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Old 06-12-2012, 11:19 AM   #4
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Make SURE it is plugged in all the way. I thought mine was, and it wasn't. I had vertical bars that looked like looking out of a jail cell, and pink flashes when I moved the mouse. I carefully "adjusted" the pins, and pressed so hard the motherboard was bending, and it snapped in. All is well now. It can be VERY hard to plug in. Just be careful and don't bend any pins or break the socket.

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Old 06-12-2012, 02:04 PM   #5
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Thanks k4lmp, will try again. Have adjusted the pins and seems to be a snug fit, not sure how much more force the board can take.

But will try again :-)
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Old 06-12-2012, 05:17 PM   #6
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

A little better now but still looks bad, shimmering/wavy picture with the occasional flicker. Move the mouse it gets worse.

Have pushed, adjusted and pulled.

The most annoying little hardware board I've ever witnessed, nowhere near as good as my s-video adapter or even a scart cable.

Picture is shaking all over the place. Looks good through a camera though, damn camera :-)

I've walked away from it before it get's shoved back in it's box :-)
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Old 06-12-2012, 05:32 PM   #7
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Do you have it grounded? Could be a defective unit, in which case you should return it.
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Old 06-12-2012, 06:59 PM   #8
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Knowing my luck prolly is faulty, but I would assume Amigakit test them as they upgrade the firmware and stick their logo on it?

Anyway will give it another try later today.

Had the day off today to enjoy playing some games via VGA but it's not meant to be I guess.
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Default Re: Indivision ECS - Pulling my hair out

Have grounded it as per the manual picture, it's the only real place possible with the cable provided.

If I remove the CPU and turn on the machine the Indivision Boot picture is crisp and clear. Of course this is of little help ;-)
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Old 06-12-2012, 10:44 PM   #10
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Some photos of my faulty Indivision ECS More to come....
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If I remove the CPU and turn on the machine the Indivision Boot picture is crisp and clear. Of course this is of little help ;-)
Have you tried putting your original 68000 back in to see if it is a compatibility issue with the 68010?
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One more :-) I need a new camera LOL
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Have you tried putting your original 68000 back in to see if it is a compatibility issue with the 68010?

Yep, stripped right back to just a motherboard, 68000 and the indivision. So a little puzzled.
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Yep, stripped right back to just a motherboard, 68000 and the indivision. So a little puzzled.
Weird!!!
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Yep, very weird. Waiting for Amigakit to get back to me, I see my ticket is assigned so will see what the next step is.

Will let you know what happens :-)
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