CD Drive wont mount

videofx · 29 May 2014, 03:10

I have been using ASIM CDFS 3.8 without issue. Today I power on my 4000T and it hangs on Mouting AsimCDFS I have rebooted and the same thing

Anyone have any ideas?

thomas · 29 May 2014, 09:46

Perhaps the drive died. Try to boot with the drive disconnected.

Daedalus · 29 May 2014, 16:25

Also, possibly a loose IDE cable?

videofx · 29 May 2014, 16:34

None of those. Believe it or not it was because I had an Svideo cable plugged into my YCP-100, as soon as I unplugged the cable the Cd mounted

Free beer to anyone who can tell me why

Daedalus · 29 May 2014, 19:48

Ah, maybe it's a disturbance in the force :P My guess would be some sort of funky grounding issue is causing noise in your A4000, and that is being picked up by the CD drive cable or something along those lines, causing data to be garbled.

I had totally bizarre issues on an A1200 that I eventually traced back to a noisy laptop charger...

videofx · 29 May 2014, 21:54

The way I figured it out was that everything was working before I connected the TBC and attached the svideo cable to the YCP-100. So I powered on my 4000T and wouldn't mount the CD so I thought maybe AsimCDFS or OS issue so I formatted and reinstalled WB and AsimCDFS and still had the same issue so I remembered what I did that changed to make it stop working. So I first disconnected the TBC and it still hung. Then I pulled the Svideo cable and as soon as I did the CD mounted and everything was back to normal. It just makes no sense but it works so maybe someone else can learn something from this.

Ami_GFX · 30 May 2014, 01:30

I have a smilar problem occasionally with my A4000T. I have an s-video cable going from a TBCIV into a YCP-100 and both s-video outputs connected. When this happens, the led on the CD rom won't light up when I turn the machine on. I just turn it off, lightly tap the front of the CD rom and it goes away. Weird power grounding issue I would say. Could be inside the CD-rom itself. I think Amiga Techologies furnished the A4000T with a stock CD-rom.

videofx · 30 May 2014, 23:02

Ami_gfx,

I am going to install a SATA DVD drive with my SATA to IDE converter in my 4000T and leave my TBC IV connected to the YCP-100 and lets see if its SCSI related. If it works on IDE then its something to do with the SCSI bus which is where I am putting my money

29 May 2014, 03:10	#1
videofx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 585	CD Drive wont mount I have been using ASIM CDFS 3.8 without issue. Today I power on my 4000T and it hangs on Mouting AsimCDFS I have rebooted and the same thing Anyone have any ideas?

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29 May 2014, 09:46	#2
thomas Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Germany Posts: 7,002	Perhaps the drive died. Try to boot with the drive disconnected.

29 May 2014, 16:25	#3
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,349	Also, possibly a loose IDE cable?

29 May 2014, 16:34	#4
videofx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 585	None of those. Believe it or not it was because I had an Svideo cable plugged into my YCP-100, as soon as I unplugged the cable the Cd mounted Free beer to anyone who can tell me why

29 May 2014, 19:48	#5
Daedalus Registered User Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Dublin, then Glasgow Posts: 6,349	Ah, maybe it's a disturbance in the force :P My guess would be some sort of funky grounding issue is causing noise in your A4000, and that is being picked up by the CD drive cable or something along those lines, causing data to be garbled. I had totally bizarre issues on an A1200 that I eventually traced back to a noisy laptop charger...

29 May 2014, 21:54	#6
videofx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 585	The way I figured it out was that everything was working before I connected the TBC and attached the svideo cable to the YCP-100. So I powered on my 4000T and wouldn't mount the CD so I thought maybe AsimCDFS or OS issue so I formatted and reinstalled WB and AsimCDFS and still had the same issue so I remembered what I did that changed to make it stop working. So I first disconnected the TBC and it still hung. Then I pulled the Svideo cable and as soon as I did the CD mounted and everything was back to normal. It just makes no sense but it works so maybe someone else can learn something from this.

30 May 2014, 01:30	#7
Ami_GFX Registered User Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: USA North America Posts: 211	I have a smilar problem occasionally with my A4000T. I have an s-video cable going from a TBCIV into a YCP-100 and both s-video outputs connected. When this happens, the led on the CD rom won't light up when I turn the machine on. I just turn it off, lightly tap the front of the CD rom and it goes away. Weird power grounding issue I would say. Could be inside the CD-rom itself. I think Amiga Techologies furnished the A4000T with a stock CD-rom.

30 May 2014, 23:02	#8
videofx Registered User Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: Chicago, IL USA Posts: 585	Ami_gfx, I am going to install a SATA DVD drive with my SATA to IDE converter in my 4000T and leave my TBC IV connected to the YCP-100 and lets see if its SCSI related. If it works on IDE then its something to do with the SCSI bus which is where I am putting my money

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