CF - IDE44 Adaptor & Amiga

W4r3DeV1L · 15 November 2009, 20:24

hello friends!

I bought from China a CF - IDE44 Adaptor and tried this firstly on my A600 and it wouldn't work. I used several Compact Flash cards like SanDisk 512 MB ,Kentron 512 MB and even a Lexar of 64MB and never had it working!

Then by accident I tried the same CF - IDE44 Adaptor on my Amiga 1200 and everything worked flawlessy!

Now I wonder what's wrong with the Amiga 600?

Is maybe all due to the KS version?

If you have any clue please let me know!

Thanks in advance!

alexh · 15 November 2009, 20:34

You need KS2.05 v37.300 or greater to boot. If you have v37.299 that is your problem.

W4r3DeV1L · 15 November 2009, 20:46

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

You need KS2.05 v37.300 or greater to boot. If you have v37.299 that is your problem.

Thanks Alexh but I don't know what to think if my KS is 37.350 and I can get this CF 44 IDE working on my A600!

alexh · 15 November 2009, 21:02

Did you use the same ribbon cable as in A1200?

W4r3DeV1L · 15 November 2009, 21:22

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Did you use the same ribbon cable as in A1200?

Nope, this adaptor has the female black 44 socket so I don't need any ribbon!

Let me know

thanks

cosmicfrog · 15 November 2009, 21:35

nice accident, leaves a mystery

alexh · 15 November 2009, 22:13

So, same card, same adapter, no need for a cable.

Works A1200, doesn't work A600?

Hmmm...

The A600 has worked with a regular IDE hard drive?

W4r3DeV1L · 15 November 2009, 22:19

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

So, same card, same adapter, no need for a cable.

Works A1200, doesn't work A600?

Hmmm...

The A600 has worked with a regular IDE hard drive?

sure it did.... it workd super fine with it's original HD 40 MB!

and the adapter is like this one:

http://cgi.ebay.it/Mini-CF-an-2-5-ID...%3D5%26ps%3D63

alexh · 15 November 2009, 22:29

All I can think of is voltage, check the voltage on both IDE interfaces and I bet the A600 is way out of spec, probably over.

The board in question is 100% passive, i.e. just wires.

15 November 2009, 20:24	#1
W4r3DeV1L Registered User Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: somewhere Age: 52 Posts: 326	CF - IDE44 Adaptor & Amiga hello friends! I bought from China a CF - IDE44 Adaptor and tried this firstly on my A600 and it wouldn't work. I used several Compact Flash cards like SanDisk 512 MB ,Kentron 512 MB and even a Lexar of 64MB and never had it working! Then by accident I tried the same CF - IDE44 Adaptor on my Amiga 1200 and everything worked flawlessy! Now I wonder what's wrong with the Amiga 600? Is maybe all due to the KS version? If you have any clue please let me know! Thanks in advance!

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15 November 2009, 20:34	#2
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	You need KS2.05 v37.300 or greater to boot. If you have v37.299 that is your problem.

15 November 2009, 21:02	#4
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	Did you use the same ribbon cable as in A1200?

15 November 2009, 21:35	#6
cosmicfrog The 1 who ribbits Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: leek, Staffs, UK Age: 56 Posts: 3,557	nice accident, leaves a mystery

15 November 2009, 22:13	#7
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	So, same card, same adapter, no need for a cable. Works A1200, doesn't work A600? Hmmm... The A600 has worked with a regular IDE hard drive?

15 November 2009, 22:29	#9
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,337	All I can think of is voltage, check the voltage on both IDE interfaces and I bet the A600 is way out of spec, probably over. The board in question is 100% passive, i.e. just wires.

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