Troubleshooting - FastATA with Indivision

[diablothe2nd]

Originally Posted by johnim

yay got mine working but slightly to high a few mm will do adjustment tmoz

brilliant news mate

always better to cut things too long than too short, glad you got it sorted

[johnim]

yea glad i got 2 sets of 4 strips thanks for tip/pics

[Retrofan]

It has been very difficult. I've cut the sockets without problems, but it wasn't working.

Finally I noticed that when I inserted the sockets in the Fast Ata I bent a pin of it. Unfortunately that pin got broken... So I've had to desolder all the socket of the Fast Ata and solder another. That is what has been difficult.

Well, now its working. BTW you have to make a lot of pressure to completely insert the pins for a good contact, even in my case that I filed the pins.

Photos:

[diablothe2nd]

Glad you got it working, sorry to hear about the ata pin. good thing you had another spare socket lying around!

you did a much tidier job of it than me though

[johnim]

yes great job better than mine to im using the strips tho.

mine would not work so i pushed the pins into the rom sockets first then put fastata on after. but need to trim a bit more.

does your keyboard miss the fastata when installed

[diablothe2nd]

Originally Posted by johnim

does your keyboard miss the fastata when installed

yes, by a hair's breadth. i put a disk label on the back of the keyboard where the ata is just to make sure it doesn't short on the rom pins.

[johnim]

heres a few of my pics

board and bits need a good clean tho


i cut down strips
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/SIL-Socket...item35bbdc0ef4


fitted to rom sockets first to make sure they were levelish


put a small fan on indy with cable ties and solderd directly to power socket legs


all fitted and subway back in


put some plastic sheet on back of keyboard to stop shorts


all under keyboard just

[diablothe2nd]

Good job!

[johnim]

thanks mate wouldnt be possible without your pics and help

[rikbliz]

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[prowler]

Originally Posted by rikbliz

Sorry to necro this thread, but just wanted to chime in and say that I've followed the above and have also successfully fitted a FastATA IV and Indivision Mk2 in to my A1200D.

No need to apologize, mate, that's exactly why the thread is here.

From the opening post:

Originally Posted by diablothe2nd

Lets continue the discussion and problem solving here

[johnim]

nice job nikbliz any piccys for thread

[delshay]

Modification in this thread looks as if is prone to HR,I will do a test as soon as possible,but it looks like round pin sockets should be mounted on the motherboard first like all my motherboard(s) for best possible contact.

Does the indivision need a fan? I have this card but have never used it.

[diablothe2nd]

Originally Posted by delshay

Modification in this thread looks as if is prone to HR,I will do a test as soon as possible,but it looks like round pin sockets should be mounted on the motherboard first like all my motherboard(s) for best possible contact.

nope, not if you're using the wirewrap sockets like i did, they actually wont fit at all in round pin sockets as they're square. if you still have your old original sockets, you're actually better off using the wirewrap sockets. they make excellent contact that actually allowed me to increase the PIO number without errors.

[delshay]

I will do a test before I comment any further in this thread,but one thing I like to point out is,if the pins are too long their are prone to break after a short while if card is removed too many times.

Here I can remove the FastATA card over 100 times and still going with no damage to the pins and no H/R.

NOTE: with round pin you can change a single pin if it breaks,just put a iron to it and push out. Do the same to a replacement pin. You can also remove a single pin with pliers if you are will trained with little or no damage to the holder.

[diablothe2nd]

i suspect the round pins would be more prone to breakage risk than the wirewrap because of thickness. dont forget though, the fastata has round pins that connect into the wirewrap socket (which has a round reciever, but square pins). the fit is so tight between the wirewrap extension and the mobo socket, you may aswell remove the ata from the wirewrap sockets instead of remove the whole thing, wirewrap sockets and all from the mobo.

edit, I think i already said this elsewhere, but the wirewrap sockets are so snug that i have no need for zip ties at all now. before i had the Indivision i was getting connection problems, crashes, and having to re seat it daily. now it works first time, every time and even with more speed!

[delshay]

My motherboard has round pins,I use FastATA card as part of testing my set-up. I remove the the card at lease 15 times a day,but its being some while since I damage a pin.

You have to remove card a certain way not to damage pin or pins,but as I pointed out, you can change a single pin.

Maybe I should have pointed out my FastATA does not use the second link card/socket. The remaining signals are connected in a different way,so my FastATA I just need to plug it into the rom socket and nothing else.

[rikbliz]

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[delshay]

Originally Posted by rikbliz

What do you mean? The 'daughter board' on the FastATA hooks in to the Gayle chip to take over the onboard IDE controller. Surely if you are not connecting that part of the FastATA, then your FastATA isn't going to replace the onboard IDE controller????

Correct there is no daughter card,FastATA MK3/4 is connected correctly and shows full speed,its just that the remaining signals are connected a different way,so as pointed out before I just have to insert FastATA into the rom socket. There are no extra cable/PCB to connect this includes LED wire which has being removed just the main unit into rom socket,but everything is working including LED device indicator.

Smart connections.

[johnim]

Hi delshay how else have you connected it and pics or info