Mechanical HDD works in SX32Pro but known good A1200 CF/SDs wont.

HelloBeautiful · 10 September 2016, 19:52

I have an SX32Pro and I've been trying to set up a compact flash card to it.
I've tried several adapters, cards and cables but they don't show up in the early boot nor hdtools even though they work on my A1200 w/ KS3.0. I have seen some setups that work and I have tried the same card and adapter.

I have a mechanical drive from A1200 and it works. I don't use any custom bootcode and the disks I've tried are different sizes and filesystems.
I've also tried a bigger psu and the stock cd32 one (and I think the mechanical drive and a floppy drive would eat up more power than an CF card)

Any suggestions?

Zetr0 · 10 September 2016, 21:33

@HellBeautiful

This indeed is a fine pickle, it would appear that the Amiga A1200 native IDE is a little more forgiving/compatible compared to the SX32Pro.

I will say have a check with this thread - it may prove relevant to your project.

I suspect that the SX32 requires an adaptor for "True IDE", I think these are available from www.Amigakit.com and www.Vesalia.de - I would contact them first to ensure these devices do work with the SX32

HelloBeautiful · 21 September 2016, 22:36

Thanks Zetro,
I know a lot of people have use the same adapters and visually identical cf cards as me but they don't get recognized, neither a cheap pata ide ssd but the mechanical drives work. I have mostly tried PFS3AIO disks. I guess I need to try my luck with TrueIDE.

Your adapter thread sounds interesting and cheap for that matter so perhaps I'll splash ten euros on that as well

10 September 2016, 19:52	#1
HelloBeautiful Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Helsinki Posts: 84	Mechanical HDD works in SX32Pro but known good A1200 CF/SDs wont. I have an SX32Pro and I've been trying to set up a compact flash card to it. I've tried several adapters, cards and cables but they don't show up in the early boot nor hdtools even though they work on my A1200 w/ KS3.0. I have seen some setups that work and I have tried the same card and adapter. I have a mechanical drive from A1200 and it works. I don't use any custom bootcode and the disks I've tried are different sizes and filesystems. I've also tried a bigger psu and the stock cd32 one (and I think the mechanical drive and a floppy drive would eat up more power than an CF card) Any suggestions?

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10 September 2016, 21:33	#2
Zetr0 Ya' like it Retr0? Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: United Kingdom Age: 49 Posts: 9,768	@HellBeautiful This indeed is a fine pickle, it would appear that the Amiga A1200 native IDE is a little more forgiving/compatible compared to the SX32Pro. I will say have a check with this thread - it may prove relevant to your project. I suspect that the SX32 requires an adaptor for "True IDE", I think these are available from www.Amigakit.com and www.Vesalia.de - I would contact them first to ensure these devices do work with the SX32

21 September 2016, 22:36	#3
HelloBeautiful Registered User Join Date: Jan 2016 Location: Helsinki Posts: 84	Thanks Zetro, I know a lot of people have use the same adapters and visually identical cf cards as me but they don't get recognized, neither a cheap pata ide ssd but the mechanical drives work. I have mostly tried PFS3AIO disks. I guess I need to try my luck with TrueIDE. Your adapter thread sounds interesting and cheap for that matter so perhaps I'll splash ten euros on that as well

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