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klx300r 
disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 29-Mar-2008 14:42:16
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I read somewhere to disable the card at bootup to press and hold "2" key but that doesnt work for me....anyone know as im trying to get my 1200 to see a pcmcia card & the Blizzard appears to interfere with that port

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Re: disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 29-Mar-2008 16:29:05
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@klx300r

It was my understanding the the Blizzards did not have the problem of mapping their ram over the PCMCIA area - and this was only a problem when using 8MB or more on the cards that were affected.

You have to hold "2" before powering on (or hold it constantly while resetting the machine). I do not recall if it has to be the 2 at the top of the keyboard or whether the keypad "2" works as well, but I have always made it happen with the non keypad key.

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Re: disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 29-Mar-2008 17:12:46
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@_Steve_

I tought it was "F2" ... not sure anymore.

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Re: disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 29-Mar-2008 17:30:34
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@Aminicle

It was defintiely "2", and I know it works on the following:

Blizzard 1230-III
Blizzard 1230-IV
Blizzard 1240
Blizzard 1260
Blizzard PPC 603e
CyberStorm PPC 604

It should work on the Blizzard 1230-I and Mk 2 models, but I cannot guarantee that.
Some of the keys that can be held down were changed in a later firmware update on the BPPC, but "2" always remained the key to disable the card completely.

Last edited by _Steve_ on 31-Mar-2008 at 05:13 PM.

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Posted on 29-Mar-2008 21:18:49
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@_Steve_

Add Blizzard 2040/2060 to the list.

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klx300r 
Re: disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 30-Mar-2008 2:04:37
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@_Steve_

what the hell am i doing wrong then...tried both 2 keys (keyboard & num pad) & even F2 key but my Blizzard is still active ive tried holding it down steady right till boot up of wb to just tapping it a few timesd before bootup etc etc etc

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Posted on 31-Mar-2008 16:09:12
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found some info saying that the '2'only works on the MK IV & up models....still hoping theres a way to disable a MK III it at bootup

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Posted on 31-Mar-2008 16:32:48
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@klx300r

Early Startup screen? (hold down both mouse buttons after reboot).

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_Steve_ 
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Posted on 31-Mar-2008 17:05:32
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@klx300r

I have found a manual for the 1230-III and it doesn't mention the startup-keys, so it would appear that the places I found mentioning the Mk3 could be disabled were incorrect.

It would therefore appear that you cannot disable this revision (and thus not the Mk1 or 2 either).

@meega

He isn't referring to the Early Startup screen, but the ability to disable features on certain Phase5/DCE cards by holding down a specified key whilst powering up the machine.

It is possible on these cards to disable the entire card, disable the CPU, disable SCSI or disable the extra ram.

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Posted on 3-Apr-2008 19:26:29
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@_Steve_
thanks fr the manual link I guess the card cant be disabled at startup would be a nice option but I found out that my Blizzard was not the problem with the pcmcia port after all

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Re: disable Blizzard 1230 III card at bootup on A1200
Posted on 3-Apr-2008 19:44:17
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@klx300r

Blizzards never are. (See _Steve_'s post, #2 in this thread.)

Last edited by meega on 03-Apr-2008 at 07:45 PM.

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@klx300r
Is it not possible to disable it through the early boot menu? Or do i recall wrong?

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Posted on 3-Apr-2008 22:49:56
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@Tomas

You recall wrongly

The early boot menu only allows you to toggle NTSC/PAL, see which expansion cards are installed and if they show as working, and to boot with no startup-sequence, or select which drives are visible, and which you want to boot from for that session.

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@WalkerDavid

Seems that report button doesn't work...

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