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Post by ste on May 23, 2022 21:25:44 GMT
Hi guys, new here  Have an issue... everything else is working, however autoboot will not work for som e reason? I've tried turning it on and off but as soon as I power the machine off and back on... back to the stock factory boot carousel ... so i have to run the fake update each time... C64 Mini, using pcuaio-1.72-bug-fixed version-all-in-one carousel-games included-setupAny help for a simple fix appreciated? thanks Ste |
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 10:00:36 GMT
So after playing around quite a bit with various USB sticks and versions, it appears to be an issue with this specific build... pcuaio-1.72-bug-fixed version-all-in-one carousel-games included-setup ... it does not give the option for autoboot when setting up and setting it later does nothing.
So I've loaded up the latest build 1.9.1 B7 ... this then works with the boot, however when I extract the favourites 1 over to the games folder the whole thing hangs at the boot screen !
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 17:32:08 GMT
download the latest one it buil 1.9.2 b1 you can download through PCUAE manager i updated the site to you can download it through advanced downloads thanks for this, but after copying over the favourites 1 folder it still freezes in the carousel splash screen  |
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 19:31:14 GMT
So now things appear to have gotten even worse! The C64 boots to a black screen when a USB drive is inserted... When I boot to normal firmware and then insert USB its detected, but then when I run the fake firmware update... it just goes to a black screen! A few USB sticks tried... the code must be messed up somehow? I've even reset firmware on C64 Mini but its made no difference ....  Any help please thanks, |
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Post by masticman on May 24, 2022 19:32:21 GMT
Having the same issue
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 19:53:52 GMT
Yer not really sure what to try next, as have spent hours messing and no joy |
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Post by masticman on May 24, 2022 20:30:38 GMT
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 21:06:40 GMT
Well this got my hopes up .... 1. Formatted yet another USB in the correct fashion using rufus. 2. Installed the version you linked above. 3. exported the favourites 1 folder from Game Manager. 4. Put USB drive in Mini and is booted up to the new firmware but hung/froze on the PCUAE flash screen 5. Decided to start Mini with no USB drive in, then inserted it, and went to upgrade fake firmware. 6. It did this and then gave me a message about refreshing autoboot. 7. Then once again got to the PCUAE flash screen and hung/froze. What next |
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Post by ste on May 24, 2022 21:35:35 GMT
Tried this in several drives now with the same build, randomly once the music didnt start and the PCUAE flash screen didnt hang, flash stuttered to load up, so I got to the new carousel firmware once. However every time since its doing the same, hanging on the flash screen. Something is very wrong! Almost as it its running out of memory or something... odd. LOG FILE attached... |
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Post by masticman on May 25, 2022 9:41:49 GMT
Well this got my hopes up .... 1. Formatted yet another USB in the correct fashion using rufus. 2. Installed the version you linked above. 3. exported the favourites 1 folder from Game Manager. 4. Put USB drive in Mini and is booted up to the new firmware but hung/froze on the PCUAE flash screen 5. Decided to start Mini with no USB drive in, then inserted it, and went to upgrade fake firmware. 6. It did this and then gave me a message about refreshing autoboot. 7. Then once again got to the PCUAE flash screen and hung/froze. What next  The version I gave the link for was only for you to be able to remove the autoboot script so you could go back to stock firmware or downgrade to a working version. It was never for a fix as PCAUE 1.9.XXXX has a few bugs that needs ironing out but it may be a while as the lads are busy with the Amiga mini. I am back on version PCAUE 1.8.5bf10 as everything except network mode works for me. |
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Post by spannernick on May 25, 2022 14:28:59 GMT
Its the shield carousel thats doing it, I think, it does not like the gamelist for some reason, I can see it loading it and loading the carousel, this is kind of hard for me cause I do not have THEC64 Mini NTSC model, only PAL and it works ok on that, so all I can say is the sheid carousel doing it for some reason, maybe not reading the gamelist, thats why you would get a black screen and no carousel load up.
If someone could show me what it's doing when it booting PCUAE in a video it would help alot, I looked at the log file but its loading the carousel and no errors, maybe its not showing everything, I might have to change the code a bit so it shows a log file of it loading the carousel only and show if there is a error with it then.
I do want to fix this but kind of stuck at the moment cause I do not have THEC64 Mini NTSC Model.
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Post by spannernick on May 25, 2022 15:26:13 GMT
OK just managed to turned my THEC64 Mini PAL into a NTSC model with PCUAE..  so now its coming up with a black screen too when it looked ok on PAL, Right getting somewhere now I need to connect my mini to putty to see why its doing it now... might have a fix soon. |
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Post by ste on May 25, 2022 19:55:15 GMT
brillant thanks Nick, the its just hanging at the PCUAE flash screen (the rectangle logo) the music stops and it freezes. , maybe can I somehow change away from shield if thats an issue with a new build... any help appreciated |
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Post by ste on May 25, 2022 20:28:25 GMT
you can try this remove the TheCarousel_Amora_v1.6.1_enabled file in Carousel_Games\Options\PCUAE_Mod folder didnt work thanks anyway bud. |
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Post by ste on May 25, 2022 21:14:50 GMT
OK just managed to turned my THEC64 Mini PAL into a NTSC model with PCUAE.. so now its coming up with a black screen too when it looked ok on PAL, Right getting somewhere now I need to connect my mini to putty to see why its doing it now... might have a fix soon. So I'vr now loaded 'pcuae1.8.6b1-setup' ... 1. it installs via the fake firmware update. 2. however when I turn off the machine and it tried to boot... blank screen! here is the LOG file... (the only log I can find recoreded by this version) pcuaemodelog.txt (3.14 KB) Further issue ... when I'm in the favourites 1 carousel after I've installed via fake firmware, and want to load the games lists to change to another set, the thumbnails load up fine, however when I select one... it goes to black screen. So the issue must be loading up a carousel... in both the autoboot black screen and then laoding a new games list... any help you can provide Nick as this is been a nightmare |
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Post by spannernick on May 26, 2022 1:51:53 GMT
I fixed it, the carousel is working on the nandb_ntsc.img now... upload it tomorrow.. |
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Post by spannernick on May 26, 2022 11:50:47 GMT
Now I have PCUAE working and the ntsc carousel loading on THEC64 Mini PAL machine, I can now add a way of switching it in the PCUAE Options Menu so if your using a THEC64Mini ntsc you be able switch it so it's running as a PAL machine and vise versa so anyone having the problem of pal games running to fast on the ntsc model, will be able to run the game at the right speed... so you be able to switch THEC64 Mini from ntsc to pal and pal to ntsc... Did you know...? That the stuff thats added to a update by RGL like the joystick switching, was originally in PCUAE first, its in TheCarousel v1.3.2 but you use the keyboard to switch joystick ports while playing a game press CTRL+Left Arrow(<--) while the C64 emu is running... |
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Post by ste on May 26, 2022 13:26:19 GMT
Ok that’s great thanks Nick As a side I’ve managed to get a C64 mini Pal for just a few pounds so will be trying this with the standard builds also later this week myself. |
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Post by spannernick on May 26, 2022 14:25:19 GMT
cool... |
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Post by ste on May 26, 2022 19:44:33 GMT
I fixed it, the carousel is working on the nandb_ntsc.img now... upload it tomorrow.. Just seen this, yer thats cool please let me know here when uploaded and I will try it |
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Post by spannernick on May 27, 2022 0:38:05 GMT
its uploaded to PCUAEManager
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Post by ste on May 27, 2022 12:21:21 GMT
its uploaded to PCUAEManager Thanks, just tried it.... The good news... it boots After a little delay the music stops and the PCUAE rectangle flash screen stays on a few seconds (at first the same as before when it crashed), but then it goes away and the favourites 1 carousel loads up Now the bad news... When I press menu button and left fire, the games list thumbnails load up... 1. however I cannot scroll to beyond the first 6? - I'm using the oneload games directories... something I'm missing here, sure it scrolled over before to the other directories for games.?? 2. when I press fire on a thumbnail, the games carousel does not load up, I get a black screen and it crashes. |
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Post by ste on May 27, 2022 18:46:35 GMT
Further fresh install with latest version from the manager software... Now I'm getting a black screen after the PCUAE rectangle logo flash screen when I boot up. Wasted too much time on this for now, maybe I'll try it again when the project is at a more advanced stage |
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Post by spannernick on May 27, 2022 21:47:47 GMT
OK thanks... |
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Post by ste on May 27, 2022 22:18:01 GMT
OK thanks... that said when I get my UK version of the C64 this week hopefully that will just work ok without all this black screen trouble ... I;e a feeling the issue is probably a small one once you sort it Nick. |
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Post by ste on May 28, 2022 11:00:20 GMT
So I go the new PAL machine in the post today, and this is also showing black screen..
I've managed to get it to install via the fake FM upgrade, version pcuae1.8.6b1-setup ...
HOWEVER... I'm now back where I started with it not autobooting!
Next problem... I see theres a new version of PCUAE in the manager software, 1.9.2b4 (is this to fix these issues?)... however this is not downloading... about halfway through its saying installation files are currupt, this needs testing your end please Nick.
thanks.
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Post by spannernick on May 28, 2022 16:56:20 GMT
PCUAEManager grabs the files from Github so you can download them from there too... github.com/CommodoreOS/PCUAE/releasesTry it again it might of been trying to download it as I was uploading it on there. |
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Post by ste on May 28, 2022 20:46:28 GMT
PCUAEManager grabs the files from Github so you can download them from there too... github.com/CommodoreOS/PCUAE/releasesTry it again it might of been trying to download it as I was uploading it on there. Hi Nick, no its still doing it, have you tried it yourself from manager? Attachments:
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Post by ste on May 28, 2022 21:14:10 GMT
So I managed to install from the link you sernt downloading the exe...
It goes to black screen after the box logo again now!! Nick... can you please look at getting this working, pls before any other Amiga stuff etc... its broken.
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Post by jj0 on May 28, 2022 21:21:46 GMT
So I managed to install from the link you sernt downloading the exe... It goes to black screen after the box logo again now!! Nick... can you please look at getting this working, pls before any other Amiga stuff etc... its broken. What firmware versions are your NTSC and PAL Mini's on? |
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so now its coming up with a black screen too when it looked ok on PAL, Right getting somewhere now I need to connect my mini to putty to see why its doing it now... 
