Tis a sad day.....

whiteb · 19 April 2006, 07:26

My Amiga A1200, is fine, thankfully, but the Harddrive.. which was an original 120Meg bit the dust today.

For the last few days, it has been a bit tempermental, from Read/write error's, Guru's, recoverable crashes, programs just not loading (with no errors), I took the Hard drive out of the A1200 to plug into the PC to back up the contents via Winuae...

The bloody IDE connector came away in my hand, when trying to disconnect from the 2.5" cable, upon magnifying glass connection, the solder was just weakened, probably giving a very rough connection to the solder pads.

As per title, Tis a sad day.

Currently busy backing up the Laptop 20GIG HDD.. so tis a happy day too, A1200 gets a 40GIG Harddrive.
Wife's laptop has NO harddrive right now.

alkis21 · 19 April 2006, 08:59

May your old hard drive rest in peace, it served its purpose well. Enjoy the new one!

alexh · 19 April 2006, 09:36

Sounds like an easy fix to re-solder the connector.

whiteb · 19 April 2006, 10:34

Quote:

Originally Posted by alexh

Sounds like an easy fix to re-solder the connector.

Surface mount, UNDERNEATH the connector...

Mick_AKA · 19 April 2006, 13:44

Thats a real shame, the 200Mb hard drive from my A1200 is still going strong inside my A600HD, does your wife know about this yet? If not i sugest you wear some stong headgear when you tell her

whiteb · 20 April 2006, 02:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mick_AKA

Thats a real shame, the 200Mb hard drive from my A1200 is still going strong inside my A600HD, does your wife know about this yet? If not i sugest you wear some stong headgear when you tell her

LOL, yeah. she knows.

gizmomelb · 20 April 2006, 06:25

whiteb - I've got an original 120MB 2.5" A1200 HDD if you're interested. Also I think a 1GB and maybe another one slightly larger. I'm also in Melbourne.

Unless you're running OS 3.9 I don't think you'll be able to access more than 4GB of the 40GB HDD. I have a 4.something GB HDD in my A1200 and it's split to 2x 1.9GB partitions and a 190MB partition (so the total is <4GB and each partition is <2GB) as I had no end of problems accessing/over-writing data when I was initially prepping/filling it with games

Jope · 20 April 2006, 07:10

Please don't speculate about the issue of large hard drives in Amigas.

Use the search feature instead! This has been discussed several times along with all the needed bits you must install to get it working.

One of many:
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20740

whiteb · 20 April 2006, 09:27

Quote:

Originally Posted by gizmomelb

whiteb - I've got an original 120MB 2.5" A1200 HDD if you're interested. Also I think a 1GB and maybe another one slightly larger. I'm also in Melbourne.

Unless you're running OS 3.9 I don't think you'll be able to access more than 4GB of the 40GB HDD. I have a 4.something GB HDD in my A1200 and it's split to 2x 1.9GB partitions and a 190MB partition (so the total is <4GB and each partition is <2GB) as I had no end of problems accessing/over-writing data when I was initially prepping/filling it with games

Oh trust me, the 20Gigger from the Laptop works a treat. The A1200 accepts the drive.., I have got KS3.1 on the way from amigakit.., Idefix is all set up, and once KS3.1 arrives, then I will activate the Scsi.device patch (needs Version 40+) and I can open up the full space of the drive.

Kickstart 3.0/3.1 is quite able to handle drives of 20, 40 or 60GIG, you do not NEED 3.9 to be able to do it, as long as you have the right patches.

3.9 just has the patches already applied

So far I have...

2GIG SYS:
2GIG Programs:

The rest of the drive is awaiting the proper patch, and then I'll have LOTS of more space than the "Seacrate" could offer

The reason you had ENDLESS problems with over 4GIG, is
1) FFS does not handle >4GIG (FFS is crap anyway), which is fixed in OS3.9
2) SCSI.device cannot handle >4GIG, Fixed in 3.9, OR with a suitable patched version (see aminet)
3) HDToolbox cannot handle >4GIG, Aminet has a replacement, called "HDInst"

What I have done, is loaded SFS (FFS replacement) into the RDB (so its available for Autoboot), and applied IDEFIX.., just waiting on the new Kickstart as I said, then I can apply the SCSI43_23 patches.

[edit] I been searching the forum, infact, the exact thread that Jope suggested

Parsec · 20 April 2006, 10:36

Agreed, my A1200 (KS3.1) has a 6GB disk in it from a Dell laptop and it works a treat - but only after I did the same trick as you and installed SFS.

Some of the newer laptop drives are amazingly quiet - the 20Gig IBM drive I put in the laptop I took the 6GB out of was so quiet I thought it was broke at first. That would make an excellent drive for an A1200!

19 April 2006, 07:26	#1
whiteb Fanatically Amiga. Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Age: 54 Posts: 1,557	Tis a sad day..... My Amiga A1200, is fine, thankfully, but the Harddrive.. which was an original 120Meg bit the dust today. For the last few days, it has been a bit tempermental, from Read/write error's, Guru's, recoverable crashes, programs just not loading (with no errors), I took the Hard drive out of the A1200 to plug into the PC to back up the contents via Winuae... The bloody IDE connector came away in my hand, when trying to disconnect from the 2.5" cable, upon magnifying glass connection, the solder was just weakened, probably giving a very rough connection to the solder pads. As per title, Tis a sad day. Currently busy backing up the Laptop 20GIG HDD.. so tis a happy day too, A1200 gets a 40GIG Harddrive. Wife's laptop has NO harddrive right now. Last edited by whiteb; 20 April 2006 at 09:28.

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19 April 2006, 08:59	#2
alkis21 Zone Friend Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Athens, Greece Age: 49 Posts: 1,408	May your old hard drive rest in peace, it served its purpose well. Enjoy the new one!

19 April 2006, 09:36	#3
alexh Thalion Webshrine Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Oxford Posts: 14,344	Sounds like an easy fix to re-solder the connector.

19 April 2006, 13:44	#5
Mick_AKA crusader of light Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Stone, Staffordshire. Posts: 1,151	Thats a real shame, the 200Mb hard drive from my A1200 is still going strong inside my A600HD, does your wife know about this yet? If not i sugest you wear some stong headgear when you tell her

20 April 2006, 06:25	#7
gizmomelb Registered User Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: melbourne Age: 55 Posts: 541	whiteb - I've got an original 120MB 2.5" A1200 HDD if you're interested. Also I think a 1GB and maybe another one slightly larger. I'm also in Melbourne. Unless you're running OS 3.9 I don't think you'll be able to access more than 4GB of the 40GB HDD. I have a 4.something GB HDD in my A1200 and it's split to 2x 1.9GB partitions and a 190MB partition (so the total is <4GB and each partition is <2GB) as I had no end of problems accessing/over-writing data when I was initially prepping/filling it with games

20 April 2006, 07:10	#8
Jope - Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Helsinki / Finland Age: 43 Posts: 9,862	Please don't speculate about the issue of large hard drives in Amigas. Use the search feature instead! This has been discussed several times along with all the needed bits you must install to get it working. One of many: http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=20740

20 April 2006, 10:36	#10
Parsec Registered User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lancashire Age: 49 Posts: 434	Agreed, my A1200 (KS3.1) has a 6GB disk in it from a Dell laptop and it works a treat - but only after I did the same trick as you and installed SFS. Some of the newer laptop drives are amazingly quiet - the 20Gig IBM drive I put in the laptop I took the 6GB out of was so quiet I thought it was broke at first. That would make an excellent drive for an A1200!

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