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09 May 2011, 10:43
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Power Supply for GVP Impact series II A500+ hard drive?
So i have one of these, a GVP Impact series II A500+ hard drive but i do not have any cables with it at all and im unsure if it even works.
 SO my question is, what is the power supply for one of these, how difficult is it to obtain one, and does it need any other cables to make it work? Thank you for any help. |
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09 May 2011, 11:00
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They are very common and you have several choices :
1) Use a CD32 or 1541-II and 1581 disk drive PSU http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=473 2) Buy an ATX adapter http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/...roducts_id=901 3) Jumper the HD8+ motheboard internally so it doesn't need a PSU http://members.iinet.net.au/~davem2/...ck/a500hd.html |
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09 May 2011, 11:07
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maybe this page can provide some help for you? |
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09 May 2011, 11:22
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i have a 1541 II power supply.. i will try it
ok the 1st 1541-ii power suply i tried wouldnt fit properly, but i tried a second one and it fits and powers up! now i have to dig out my a500 with the 2.0 kickrom to see if it fully works! thank you! unfortunately it doesnt work properly. powers up, both lights come on and the hd light flashes when trying to boot, but theres no sound coming from it.. no whirring buzzing no anything.. Last edited by TCD; 09 May 2011 at 12:00. Reason: Back to back posts merged. Use the edit function. |
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09 May 2011, 12:04
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Dead hard drive most likely... or it could be a loose connection inside. Get your screwdriver out and take a look.
Replacement hard drives (and adapters) are reasonably cheap through http://www.amibay.com |
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09 May 2011, 12:27
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Or the PSU is too weak.. 1541-II PSUs are not very high quality, to be honest.
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09 May 2011, 15:07
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Hmmmm..... never heard that before but if you say so.
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09 May 2011, 16:05
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This style to be precise:  I have had three go on me and I've heard reports from others about it too. |
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09 May 2011, 16:10
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I can certainly confirm that those are terrible power supplies, I've had a number of them fail with the symptoms Jope describes. However at least they're regulated, unlike the one for the C64.
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09 May 2011, 22:22
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thats the one i tried, though it works ok on the 1541 drive.
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