How to fix HD LED in cheap CF 44 adapters - Page 6

Lord Aga · 31 December 2012, 17:04

All right

So it works right out of the box ? No mods necessary ?

spajdr · 01 January 2013, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lord Aga

All right

So it works right out of the box ? No mods necessary ?

Exactly like that, there are two leds on adapter.
Red and green, where green shows HDD activity (that is copied to HDD led on Amiga)
So this part i have fixed.
Now i need some flickerfixer scandoubler!

07 January 2013, 10:48

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anemos

As we know cheap adapters on Internet and e-bay about 1,50 euro have a problem whit HDD leds
Here is the solution!

Just connect the one side of diode led to point that shows the photo
(the first adapter on the left i have destroy the original led , and I replaced with main other different but working fine..)

yes it working!

From where we can purchase these adaptors?

Anemos · 07 January 2013, 17:45

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ghaorm

From where we can purchase these adaptors?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-Compact-F...item27c7de9541

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Compact-Flas...item4ab9aff25c

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CF-Compact-F...item2c6ab1bb21

spajdr · 17 January 2013, 09:16

Just for information, this is the adapter i have, that works perfectly with Amiga

tomcat666 · 20 March 2013, 06:18

I had the second kind of the board that Magno Boots mentions and his hack works perfectly on it

LED finally works ... now everything is perfect. Thank you !

GadgetUK · 27 March 2013, 13:01

I've got a different adaptor - it's switcheable supporting 2 x CF cards and the HDD LED on the Amiga is ALWAYS on, but on the CF board itself the LED there flashes with activity. Does this fix only apply to those CF boards where you get NO LED activity on the Amiga LED at all?

Eriond · 27 October 2013, 22:13

I just had a closer look to why I never got this mod to work properly.
It never had anything to do with the adapter, or soldering the LED either way around.
It was just me who thought I was so smart buying an extra pricey, long life, industrial grade CF card. That piece of sh-t doesnt support LED activity on pin 39! http://www.stec-inc.com/downloads/fl...1000-04496.pdf
Frustrating? Sure is!

Lord Aga · 27 October 2013, 22:42

Kingston flowery type CF works quite well in two of my Amigas. They are also quite cheap.

Amiga1992 · 21 January 2014, 12:59

Now I have this problem! These shitty adapters just don't show the HDD light.

Thanks for this mod, I will try it ASAP!

Solo761 · 23 January 2014, 12:48

Just one note, it's not necessary that the far side of the LED needs to be connected. On adapter I got I had to connect inner side od the LED to get it working.

If I remember correctly that wire needs to be connected to plus side of the LED. I used small CR2032 battery and two wires to test which side of the LED is positive lead, inner one was it.

Or better yet, if your adapter has same letters (Adapter V.B1) as mine you most likely need to solder on inner side of the LED. Anemos' adapter has different text, maybe it's different revision.

Joe Maroni · 30 March 2014, 20:18

thanks for this hardware fix..first i solder to the positive side of the LED (like shown in the first post) and then resolder it to the negative side and now it works...

britain4 · 21 August 2014, 19:30

I have a slight issue with mine... The LED on the adapter lights up fine but the hard disk light on the Amiga is not doing anything... I have checked the LED itself and it still works. Any ideas?

Anemos · 21 August 2014, 21:47

I upload again the pic schematic in the first post.
http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35893

leof · 26 March 2015, 15:45

I have this (led stays always on) problem with a sd to ide adapter. Can this be remedied also?

trixster · 22 June 2015, 19:47

For SD - IDE adapter, the answer is to buy the 2-chip adapter. The one in your photo has just one chip.

derSammler · 08 August 2015, 14:44

Quote:

Originally Posted by Solo761

Or better yet, if your adapter has same letters (Adapter V.B1) as mine you most likely need to solder on inner side of the LED. Anemos' adapter has different text, maybe it's different revision.

Had that one as well and just did the fix. Works great!

Anemos' adapter has a different connector. Guess that's what makes the difference whether you have to use the inner or outer pad.

voyager_1701e · 09 August 2015, 14:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by trixster

For SD - IDE adapter, the answer is to buy the 2-chip adapter. The one in your photo has just one chip.

Bit late on this but can you show which one you mean? I have the 1 chip and it works fine, but as noted the HD LED is constantly on. A quick scan of EB I didnt note a 2 chip version?

EDIT: maybe this one? (http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SD-SDHC-M...item3a98d8d739)

Sir_Lucas · 12 April 2016, 22:17

Quote:

Originally Posted by leof

I have this (led stays always on) problem with a sd to ide adapter. Can this be remedied also?

This is a good solution for SD2IDE and HDD led.
http://krashan.ppa.pl/articles/hardware/index_en.html

I use it and it works like charm.

patrik · 12 April 2016, 23:31

Quote:

Originally Posted by leof

I have this (led stays always on) problem with a sd to ide adapter. Can this be remedied also?

Corrected it in this way:
http://megaburken.net/~patrik/Amiga%...D%20LED%20Fix/

27 October 2013, 22:13	#108
Eriond Happy Registered User Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Stockholm, Sweden Posts: 101	Argh! I just had a closer look to why I never got this mod to work properly. It never had anything to do with the adapter, or soldering the LED either way around. It was just me who thought I was so smart buying an extra pricey, long life, industrial grade CF card. That piece of sh-t doesnt support LED activity on pin 39! http://www.stec-inc.com/downloads/fl...1000-04496.pdf Frustrating? Sure is!

26 March 2015, 15:45	#115
leof Registered User Join Date: Dec 2014 Location: The Hague / The Netherlands Posts: 26	I have this (led stays always on) problem with a sd to ide adapter. Can this be remedied also? Attached Thumbnails

22 June 2015, 19:47	#116
trixster Guru Meditating Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: England Posts: 2,337	For SD - IDE adapter, the answer is to buy the 2-chip adapter. The one in your photo has just one chip. Last edited by trixster; 07 July 2015 at 20:41.

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31 December 2012, 17:04	#101
Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	All right So it works right out of the box ? No mods necessary ?

17 January 2013, 09:16	#105
spajdr Old fart Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Ostrava/Czech Republic Age: 46 Posts: 315	Just for information, this is the adapter i have, that works perfectly with Amiga

20 March 2013, 06:18	#106
tomcat666 Retro Freak Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Slovenia Age: 51 Posts: 1,647	I had the second kind of the board that Magno Boots mentions and his hack works perfectly on it LED finally works ... now everything is perfect. Thank you !

27 March 2013, 13:01	#107
GadgetUK Registered User Join Date: Mar 2013 Location: Manchester Posts: 189	I've got a different adaptor - it's switcheable supporting 2 x CF cards and the HDD LED on the Amiga is ALWAYS on, but on the CF board itself the LED there flashes with activity. Does this fix only apply to those CF boards where you get NO LED activity on the Amiga LED at all?

27 October 2013, 22:42	#109
Lord Aga MI clan prevails Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: Belgrade, Serbia Posts: 1,443	Kingston flowery type CF works quite well in two of my Amigas. They are also quite cheap.

21 January 2014, 12:59	#110
Amiga1992 Registered User Join Date: May 2001 Location: ? Posts: 19,645	Now I have this problem! These shitty adapters just don't show the HDD light. Thanks for this mod, I will try it ASAP!

23 January 2014, 12:48	#111
Solo761 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Croatia Age: 43 Posts: 341	Just one note, it's not necessary that the far side of the LED needs to be connected. On adapter I got I had to connect inner side od the LED to get it working. If I remember correctly that wire needs to be connected to plus side of the LED. I used small CR2032 battery and two wires to test which side of the LED is positive lead, inner one was it. Or better yet, if your adapter has same letters (Adapter V.B1) as mine you most likely need to solder on inner side of the LED. Anemos' adapter has different text, maybe it's different revision.

30 March 2014, 20:18	#112
Joe Maroni Moderator Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Germany Age: 44 Posts: 1,303	thanks for this hardware fix..first i solder to the positive side of the LED (like shown in the first post) and then resolder it to the negative side and now it works...

21 August 2014, 19:30	#113
britain4 Registered User Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Sheffield Posts: 29	I have a slight issue with mine... The LED on the adapter lights up fine but the hard disk light on the Amiga is not doing anything... I have checked the LED itself and it still works. Any ideas?

21 August 2014, 21:47	#114
Anemos 70X7 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Ἑλλάς Posts: 1,078	I upload again the pic schematic in the first post. http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=35893

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