I got my Sam460le recently. I always wanted to have AmigaOS4.1 running on native hardware and now it works (mostly) as it should.

I tried emulation on 5600x, it works but Sam460 feels way, way nicer - faster, despite CPU benchmarks showing many more MIPS.

Sam460 related:
Exerince with Sam460 is really nice, from simple things like booting from CD/SD card, attaching wireless mouse/keyboard combo that simply works, or all modes available for my monitor are automatically detected (magic ;) ), SATA ports, 2 GB of ram, modern GPU, Sound Blaster works great (zero issues with driver) etc.- so that is all good :).

Unfortuanttely, not all is great. Fan delivered with a board is not working at 5V, and at 12V is just noisy (I replaced it with nice Nocuta, 12V and it great, I wish Acube could nice fan for Sam460, for a ~$1000 you could add something nice to this board, like ~$13 fan :P ). Also, for some reason I'm unable to make R7 240 and 250 work with AmigaOS4.1. AmigaOS4.1 that is delivered on SD after adding drivers for ReadeonHD/RX (drivers from Enchancer 2.2, updated online) is not cooperating - system freezes almost immedietly after booting. I'm not sure what is an issue here? I stripped everything from computer, left mobo, SD card and GPU and the same story. Also, for ssome reason my slim CD rom is not working :(, I need to keep CD/DVD in it so it will be visible (strange!). EDIT: My LAN connection on Sam460 is only at about 600kb/s? Why?

Also, it seems there is no any power menagment for GPU (fan runs at max speed). The same card under Windows is silent at idle - obviously that is not Acube issue, but drivers.

AmigaOS4.1 experience:
I'm also happy to be able to run AmigaWriter, ArtEffect, ignition, TuneNet, Odyssey etc. etc. I would say for regular user of software tha dosen't need heavy lifting is is very nice computer :). I hope Odyssey will mature and we can have very efficient, light webbrowser. I'm writing it from Odyssey so I'm quite happy wih it.

I have to say that Workbench have the same "feel" as the old one, just beautified, and fast, much faster.

Now, I'm going to configure software etc. and squezze as much as possible from Sam460. Most likely will be asking here "few questions".

Thank you all who contributed to Sam460 /AmigeOS /Enchancer /drivers /software development - keep making it happen!

PS. Is there any idiot proof way to install Linux on it?

I also had issues recently, however much, much later I got multiple notifications and all went to the Spam folder.

I have r7 240 and 250, both behave the same and both tested under Windows. It's not a GPU.

I replaced Radeon HD and added RadeonRX to SD card with AmigaOS... and now it will actually show instalation screen for my 7750... (apparently included driver is not working). When I swap to Radeon Rx system will boot from SD card, but it will freeze when I try to open / do anything.

I have no idea what is an issue here.

EDIT: AmigaOS on SD is not modified, and I did not use SATA interface (I disconected all device) and it still froze.

BTW. I wrote it using Odyssey :).

What driver do I need for R7 240? I have Radeon HD 3.7 and Radeon Rx 2.12?

System will boot fine, I can move mouse but when I try to open partition or anything system will freeze instantly 😔.

Strange, I'm using 3114 and did not change anything, just used default settings in Hdtoolbox and it just works.

I got my new Noctua fan, nice and quite at 12V.

PS. How do you attach pictures here? Host outside or something?

I tried standard HDD and Samsung 830 256Gb with 3114 and works fine with Sam I got. My 3114 has 4 ports. I'm using 2 first, two other don't work. Only issue I have is that my slim DVD drive is not detected after reboot.

HDD led is not working. I'm not sure why it's on the board at all. I don't care about HDD LED. I don't even have those in my PCs, but it's here so there was a reason for it 😉.

Beside those I don't have any issues.

BTW. can you check if your fan can work with 5V? Just keep case open to see if it's turning when you turn on computer.

@amiganuts

Psu connector doesn't split into 20+4 pins and I was able to fit it into Sam properly.

SD card have AmigaOS 4.1 on it, but mine will not boot from it.

As far as I can tell Acube doesn't develop drivers so, lack of drivers is not thier issue 🙄.

I found "solution" to issue with my slim drive. I keep some CD in a drive all the time, now my drive works after fresh boot 😎.

Still waiting for a new fan, since original will not work on 5v (I lowered voltage with a resistor for now - nice and quiet ☺️).

Besides those two issues all is good.

I just added it above.

I swapped 5.25 DVD drive after booting AmigaOS (yes, it was hot swap🙄) and slim drive works fine. It must be something with a driver?

Drive is detected by Uboot, and I'm able to install AmigaOS using it. However, after boot from hard drive slim drive will not work. Uboot will always recognize this drive and boot from it. It's only under AmigaOS that is loaded from HDD there is a problem.

When I swap it with traditional 5.25 drive it always work.

I tired two 3114 and 3113 cards, the same issue.

Drive is not visible under the AmigaOS.

EDIT. I swapped 5.25 DVD drive after booting AmigaOS (yes, it was hot swap🙄) and slim drive works fine. It must be something with a driver?

Main question is why to use "BitDefender Internet Security" 🤔?

@amiganuts

Happy to hear you got one. I'm wondering how many of those arrived to US.

I decided to get 2gb of ram (instead of 512 I found in my "drawer") and nice Noctua fan 40mmx10mm. Original would work fine at 5v (quiet) but it will not start on it's own 😔.

I had nice USB 3 to Usb 2 internal interface, so that one works on my case and USB 2 will go to one of external USB ports. Audio yo Sound Blaster, new driver works great.

Beside this I need to get my r7 240 running as it should, but first need a driver for it.

Almost forgot, Amiga Os4.1 can't see slim DVD, despite being detected by Uboot... and being able to use it to install system(?!??!). USB DVD doesn't work 😕, so that is not an option.

@m3x

I switched to 5v (good idea) except fan will not turn on its own. It will turn when I push it with a finger, than it turns fine.

I tired to wait, put some load on CPU, nope it's not turning, until pushed.

When it's turning at 5V it's nice and quite but I don't think I'm going to push it every time.

I think this fan doesn't like 5V to much to start it.

BTW. Who did QC of this board 😜?

Quick question. What is easiest way to set resolutions higher than 1024x768 and use hardware acceleration for Workbench? Do I need to buy Enhancer 2.2 for it?


BTW. I can't process payment in AMIStore, it's not sending link with payment info.

@kas1e

I know exactly how your Sam460 looks like, I studied your YouTube channel in last few months👌.

I'm thinking about adapting on of Intel socet low profil radiators, those are quite nice, but this will come later, now I want to enjoy AmigaOS 4.1 as much as possible.

@kas1e

I have to say that even plain instalation (without proper drivers etc.) feels way faster that emulation run on 5600x with m.2 ssd. Currently I'm using old 7200rpm 2.5" HDD 🧓.

There are some glitches, like I can't boot from SD card and my slim DVD Rom stopped working when install is finished, cds will not be read. I hope there is fix for it i really like my slim case 😁.

I don't game much, but it would be nice to try some classic games under emulation, someday.

I also need to replace CPU fan, it's not laud but I can easily hear it. I think I will add some massive radiator to passively cool it.

AmigaOS installed, now time to configure it, update etc. etc.

Acube thank you for making Sam460le 👍😁.
It only took me 20 years to get to run AmigaOS4 on its native hardware, except BlizardaPPC, but that slightly different story.

PS. I need to get extension for internal USB header, my cable is... 0.5 inch to short and

It's looks like my slim DVD Rom doesn't work under AmigaOS (but I booted and installed AmigaOS using this drive?). When I switch to regular size DVD Rom (same cables) that one will work fine.

Ok. I booted from CD, installing 👌.

I tried to use R7 240 (I could see UBOOT)

I'm trying 7750, now it's stuck on AmigaOS 4.1 logo screen.

How long it takes to boot from SD card?

It's stuck on the screen "Loading done, now lunching kickstart", nothing happens after that.