Some Games wont Run from my Gotek now i Have a CF Card and WB3.1 Installed in my 1200

nathanm1991 · 03 May 2018, 21:47

I can't get some of the Games I Play all the time to run now since I have installed a CF Card with WB3.1 installed. My Gotek Would play all of the Games that now wont play when I didn't have my CF Card installed

If anybody could suggest a Cure to this Problem then you are Gods

was thinking maybe its the KS3.0 Roms? or do I need to now run the Games through Relokick maybe? So Strange

-Acid- · 04 May 2018, 00:35

Booting from Gotek is the same as booting from a real floppy disk... this bypasses the CF card so it should not be having any affect on things. Have you added an accelerator or ram card?

Amiga1992 · 04 May 2018, 00:48

Did you try before with an A500 and are now trying with a 1200? They are not fully compatible.

Just guessing here, your description of the whole scenario is lacking in detail.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 01:12

I was Playing Games on the Gotek On the 1200 Before I installed the CF Card and they were Playing Fine i.e Alien Breed, Crime City etc But now I have a CF Card And WB 3.1 Installed on the CF Card in the Machine, My Gotek Won't Work with Some Games it just BlackScreens Software Failure Press Left Mouse Button to Continue. Alien Breed 1,2 and 3D, Crime City and a Few other I Cant remember From the top of My head. Its Confusing but it seems the Drives are Conflicting with Some Games as the Hard Drive Light Flashes Before Software Failure Blackscreen Arises.

I hope this Makes a Little More sense

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 01:15

and I haven't Added a Accelerator Nor Ram Card as Yet I just don't Understand Why now that A HDD (CF) is Installed it is Being Weird with Certain Games that Did Play Before

solidcore · 04 May 2018, 11:52

Put your computer back into the old state (no cf) and try booting from gotek again games that won't longer work in this state. Once confirmed the gotek is working well add one thing at a time to figure out the main cause of the problem.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 12:04

will give this a go and let you know of the outcome :-)

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 12:23

If this Solves nothing am I right in just Assuming to use My A500 for the Games that wont Run on the A1200 (Except Alien Breed 3D, Definitely a no no on Stock A500 lol)

ptyerman · 04 May 2018, 12:29

Make sure the Max transfer on the CF is set to 0x1fe00 or lower. If it's not, you will get errors.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 12:32

how do I go about doing that? and would that Effect what my Gotek is doing?

ptyerman · 04 May 2018, 12:42

Change the Max transfer by using HDtoolbox, you can change it without it affecting the partition and whatever is installed on it.
This thread gives you all the information you need. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=61666

As for it affecting the Gotek, it shouldn't do. What will, is if your disk buffers are set too high. Each drive connected takes about 30k of RAM before buffers, if the buffers added after eat up the RAM it won't leave you enough memory to run a lot. The buffers can also be adjusted by HDtoolbox without affecting the partition. Just remember after changing the Max transfer and buffers to press the return key or it won't be changed.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 12:45

That Actually Makes complete Sense as have had not enough Memory thrown at me a Few times. I'm just Popping out no for a hour but am I ok to pick you brains again once I am back and have hd toolbox running? I have seen that in my system partition :-)

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 12:46

if I tell you what they are set to once I am home would you be able to indicate what I should set them to?

ptyerman · 04 May 2018, 12:51

80 or 100 is what I usually use, but I use 20 and 40Gb hard drives. Neither may be anything to do with your problem, but it's worth checking to make sure. It's also always wise to know what your settings are.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 15:12

hi mate I am home now just went into HDToolbox and am on the Menu Selection Screen now where do I Go from here?

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 15:37

I have Cracked the Max Transfer Part and all three Partitions are Correctly Set to what you Said I just don't Didn't se anything on Ram Buffers. Where would I find those?

indigolemon · 04 May 2018, 16:05

Should be a box labelled 'Buffers' on the main screen showing you all the partitions on the drive. Bottom left usually.

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 16:11

ok thank you and what should these buffers be set at please?

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 16:14

Currently set to 30 on Each Partition

nathanm1991 · 04 May 2018, 16:15

I have no Ram Expansion or Accelerator Card she is Stock other than Gotek and CF Card

03 May 2018, 21:47	#1
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	Some Games wont Run from my Gotek now i Have a CF Card and WB3.1 Installed in my 1200 I can't get some of the Games I Play all the time to run now since I have installed a CF Card with WB3.1 installed. My Gotek Would play all of the Games that now wont play when I didn't have my CF Card installed If anybody could suggest a Cure to this Problem then you are Gods was thinking maybe its the KS3.0 Roms? or do I need to now run the Games through Relokick maybe? So Strange

04 May 2018, 16:15	#20
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	I have no Ram Expansion or Accelerator Card she is Stock other than Gotek and CF Card Last edited by nathanm1991; 04 May 2018 at 16:15. Reason: Spelling Mistake

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04 May 2018, 00:35	#2
-Acid- Registered User Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: South Shields Posts: 812	Booting from Gotek is the same as booting from a real floppy disk... this bypasses the CF card so it should not be having any affect on things. Have you added an accelerator or ram card?

04 May 2018, 00:48	#3
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Did you try before with an A500 and are now trying with a 1200? They are not fully compatible. Just guessing here, your description of the whole scenario is lacking in detail.

04 May 2018, 01:12	#4
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	I was Playing Games on the Gotek On the 1200 Before I installed the CF Card and they were Playing Fine i.e Alien Breed, Crime City etc But now I have a CF Card And WB 3.1 Installed on the CF Card in the Machine, My Gotek Won't Work with Some Games it just BlackScreens Software Failure Press Left Mouse Button to Continue. Alien Breed 1,2 and 3D, Crime City and a Few other I Cant remember From the top of My head. Its Confusing but it seems the Drives are Conflicting with Some Games as the Hard Drive Light Flashes Before Software Failure Blackscreen Arises. I hope this Makes a Little More sense

04 May 2018, 01:15	#5
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	and I haven't Added a Accelerator Nor Ram Card as Yet I just don't Understand Why now that A HDD (CF) is Installed it is Being Weird with Certain Games that Did Play Before

04 May 2018, 11:52	#6
solidcore Registered User Join Date: Sep 2017 Location: birmingham, uk Posts: 548	Put your computer back into the old state (no cf) and try booting from gotek again games that won't longer work in this state. Once confirmed the gotek is working well add one thing at a time to figure out the main cause of the problem.

04 May 2018, 12:04	#7
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	will give this a go and let you know of the outcome :-)

04 May 2018, 12:23	#8
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	If this Solves nothing am I right in just Assuming to use My A500 for the Games that wont Run on the A1200 (Except Alien Breed 3D, Definitely a no no on Stock A500 lol)

04 May 2018, 12:29	#9
ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	Make sure the Max transfer on the CF is set to 0x1fe00 or lower. If it's not, you will get errors.

04 May 2018, 12:32	#10
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	how do I go about doing that? and would that Effect what my Gotek is doing?

04 May 2018, 12:42	#11
ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	Change the Max transfer by using HDtoolbox, you can change it without it affecting the partition and whatever is installed on it. This thread gives you all the information you need. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=61666 As for it affecting the Gotek, it shouldn't do. What will, is if your disk buffers are set too high. Each drive connected takes about 30k of RAM before buffers, if the buffers added after eat up the RAM it won't leave you enough memory to run a lot. The buffers can also be adjusted by HDtoolbox without affecting the partition. Just remember after changing the Max transfer and buffers to press the return key or it won't be changed.

04 May 2018, 12:45	#12
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	That Actually Makes complete Sense as have had not enough Memory thrown at me a Few times. I'm just Popping out no for a hour but am I ok to pick you brains again once I am back and have hd toolbox running? I have seen that in my system partition :-)

04 May 2018, 12:46	#13
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	if I tell you what they are set to once I am home would you be able to indicate what I should set them to?

04 May 2018, 12:51	#14
ptyerman Registered User Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: Worksop/UK Age: 59 Posts: 1,328	80 or 100 is what I usually use, but I use 20 and 40Gb hard drives. Neither may be anything to do with your problem, but it's worth checking to make sure. It's also always wise to know what your settings are.

04 May 2018, 15:12	#15
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	hi mate I am home now just went into HDToolbox and am on the Menu Selection Screen now where do I Go from here?

04 May 2018, 15:37	#16
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	I have Cracked the Max Transfer Part and all three Partitions are Correctly Set to what you Said I just don't Didn't se anything on Ram Buffers. Where would I find those?

04 May 2018, 16:05	#17
indigolemon Bit Copying Bard Join Date: Jan 2017 Location: Kelty, Fife, Scotland Age: 41 Posts: 1,293	Should be a box labelled 'Buffers' on the main screen showing you all the partitions on the drive. Bottom left usually.

04 May 2018, 16:11	#18
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	ok thank you and what should these buffers be set at please?

04 May 2018, 16:14	#19
nathanm1991 Self Diagnosed Noob! Join Date: Apr 2018 Location: Malvern, Worcestershire Age: 32 Posts: 704	Currently set to 30 on Each Partition

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