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Thanks for all the helpful info - I'm a bit clearer on the likely problems I'll face, and a lot more hopeful most of the problems are managable (I don't really use any USB devices anyway - if I want digital photos I'll just have to use the laptop then transfer them through the network).
Am still waiting for my heatsink and ram to arrive - tantalisingly close to being able to boot up .
I've got a (non-creative) soundcard around somewhere, a radeon 7000 agp (currently in my pc, all just waiting for the A1 to be ready to run.

Patience...

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@mlehto

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It is impossible to get it to work with additional usb-card.

Read my first post here, there is a solution to that, though not on OS4 yet.

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I'm failed to get two memory sticks to work in conjuction

Hmm, I had the same problem here! But it happened on a Pea Sea too...

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A1Se seems to pretty picky about power supply.

Thanks, I had forgotten about that! After having trouble using a 350W (unbranded!) PSU, I found a 110W one from a Siemens Pea Sea and I was saved!

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@Boot_WB

Good luck! Let us know how it works out for you.

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@Boot_WB

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As it transpires I am not able to transfer the license for the A1-SE I bought LINK from the prevous owner. Before i buy the pre-release at full price I need some information:

You live in the UK correct?

Well then, if you decide to buy the OS4 CD off the mobo-less guy and use it on your A1, you are quite within your legal rights to do so.

A quick phone call or visit to your local Citizens Advice Office will confirm this.

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My experience of using the A1-SE:

It works pretty good under Linux, if you happen to use it as a server.

It works well enough under Linux and X, as well as being a server, but Debian can sometimes mess up the installation (most notable I found was migrating from X-Free86 to X-Org, and using a Voodoo3 AGP card)

Installing OS 4.0 final was easy enough. It took me a while to realise you needed to use 'aboot' to boot the CD, but after that it was a cinch (note: I only got OS 4.0 when it was released as 'final', having been dropped from the A1 developer list previously)

There are problems under OS 4.0 'final' in some areas that I have found on the SE. Most notably: occasionally you might get read errors from the HDD, requiring clicking on the 'retry' button. For this reason alone I would discount the A1-SE as a stable platform for server applications.

My other problem relates to DSI errors, but I don't have enough information to know if they relate purely to the A1-SE, are peculiar to my machine, or are of wider scope. As an example I cannot get EAUE to run properly, it doesn't pop up a window to allow configuration of settings. That's a fair drawback as far as I am concerned.

Anyway, lots of luck with your own endeavours! Enjoy the experience :)

@nicholas

Legality isn't the issue though, you have to register at Hyperion's site to download the updates. At best the CD will be upd #1, which compared to final isn't that much fun. Also most stuff that comes to os4depot requires a newer release of the OS.

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@zerohero

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zerohero wrote: @nicholas Legality isn't the issue though, you have to register at Hyperion's site to download the updates. At best the CD will be upd #1, which compared to final isn't that much fun. Also most stuff that comes to os4depot requires a newer release of the OS.

At least he'd have some form of OS4, it would be better than nothing at all.

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Plus if he's buying the other blokes CD he can just use the other blokes login details to download updates. Nothing illegal there either.

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@nicholas

True... Not sure he'd be wanting to give aways his password though, maybe he's one of those people that uses the same pass for everything

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@nicholas

I mentioned this else where not every A1 board funny enough was entitled to a free copy of OS4.
This was specially true for the early SE boards. Eyetech did later offer a cheaper version of OS4 for those users but it wasn't free. The person may not have brought a copy of OS4 for it

I brought OS4 for my AmigaOnes from hyperion.

Kgrach

@kgrach

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kgrach wrote: @nicholas I mentioned this else where not every A1 board funny enough was entitled to a free copy of OS4. This was specially true for the early SE boards. Eyetech did later offer a cheaper version of OS4 for those users but it wasn't free. The person may not have brought a copy of OS4 for it

This is irrelevant as Boot_WB will be buying a second hand copy of OS4 from another board owner who's mobo has gone missing.

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I brought OS4 for my AmigaOnes from hyperion. Kgrach

Which is one option, but if the second hand copy is cheaper he'd have to be stupid not to buy it.

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@ogccadmin

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occasionally you might get read errors from the HDD

Read the first post from Draby about DMA-0.

About EUAE - there is a user interface on Aminet or OS4Depot!

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@ogccadmin

A1-SE --
As an example I cannot get EAUE to run properly, it doesn't pop up a window to allow configuration of settings. That's a fair drawback as far as I am concerned.

The GUI never got written, so it can't work. You must use a .uaerc script.

or are of wider scope

It's a EUAE feature, not a A1-SE bug!

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@nicholas

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nicholas wrote: This is irrelevant as Boot_WB will be buying a second hand copy of OS4 from another board owner who's mobo has gone missing.

I've tried to contact Amiino (Dwayne), both by PM and through his website (as listed in the profile), but have had no answer yet. Also, he has not logged on since 20 March.

If anyone knows Amiino please let him know I am trying to get in contact.

If you know anyone else with a dead Amigaone, and hence an unused registered pre-release CD of OS4, please let them know I'm interested.

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I brought OS4 for my AmigaOnes from hyperion. Kgrach

I'd like to know how you did that, since Hyperion do not appear to sell anything directly, only through distributors. I'd rather deal with them direct than through a dealer, however from the e-mail communicaiton I've had with them they suggest Vesalia as my only course of action, aside from transferring a valid licesne from someone else.
Currently the only ones (I can find) claiming to stock ANY version of OS4 is vesalia, and I'm not paying 139 Euro for a damned pre-release CD. If I'm paying that much I want an actual pressed copy of the final release, and I really don't think that is too much to ask.

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@Boot_WB

Anyone has changed the cpu fan&radiator/cooler? Which model did you use? A friend of mine has bought one SE without radiator.

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@Boot_WB

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If you know anyone else with a dead Amigaone, and hence an unused registered pre-release CD of OS4, please let them know I'm interested.

I know one, he's called "Helgis".
Still suspended though - one month to go. He seems to login nearly daily, so why not send him a PM?

@Crumb

I did. I replaced original with zallmann passive nb heatsink. In addition I have nexus 92mm fan to give airflow to heatsink.

works well.

@Crumb

My board came without a heatsink attached - I have bought and fixed on a nice passive zalman NB cooler.
I currenlty have my A1 in a HP vectra vl400dt desktop case, the 120W psu powers the motherboard fine, and as an added bonus the psu has an internal extrction fan with an airflow shroud which fits perfectly over the zalman HS.

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@hatschi

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hatschi wrote: @Boot_WB Quote: If you know anyone else with a dead Amigaone, and hence an unused registered pre-release CD of OS4, please let them know I'm interested. I know one, he's called "Helgis". Still suspended though - one month to go. He seems to login nearly daily, so why not send him a PM?

Awww, that would be cruel to poor Helgis.
btw - I thought he'd upped sticks and left, rather than getting suspended - not seen him in these parts for a good few months.

Hopefully my requirement is approaching resolution, once Hyperion's offices reopen in the morning. Tomorrow night I might - hopefully - be installing OS4, the final update.

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@Boot_WB

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Tomorrow night I might - hopefully - be installing OS, the final update.

I shall pray for you.

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@Boot_WB

Helgis might even own two copies of OS4, as he has two broken A1's.

I'm quite sure he won't repair both of them so he may sell one of them
a bit cheaper than you'll have to pay Hyperion.
I can't hurt to try.

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