13 September 2002, 14:14 | #1 |
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Replacing the HD in an A590
Is it possible? An A590 with a 20mb harddisk sounds useless, is it possible to replace such HD with a modern, larger one? I'm planning to get one for one of my A500s
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13 September 2002, 14:38 | #2 |
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Not sure of the size, since I would assume the AmigaOS has some kind of limit on the size of the drive it'll read, not to mention the controller on the A590 itself.
However, a quick search on google leads me to believe a DIP switch or jumper on the board lets you switch between an IDE and SCSI drive. Since a 540MB drive would cost about £5-10 at the average computer fair, you should go and buy one of those and test it. I've read an article on a guy who was using a 3.5" 540MB Seagate IDE drive in an A590, but he may have modified or upgraded the ROM or IDE controller. |
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There are different versions of the ROMs for the A590.
Version 6 allow hard drives up to 512MB. Version 6.6 and 7.0 work successfully with drives up to 9GB but you will need at least OS3.5 to use drives over 4GB. You have to use the SCSI connector of the A590. The MFM (XT) connector only allows up to 80MB hard disk drives. |
14 September 2002, 00:44 | #4 |
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These information are very valuable. Thanks.
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any one know if this applies to the A500-HD+ ? As the one I use with the A500+ is a 50MB Quantum drive and sounding old...
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Me too - got a GVP Impact Series II A500-HD+ which would be great if i could attach something bigger (and less worn out) than the 20MB (scsi?) hard drive inside
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What's the problem ? Just get a bigger hard disk drive (SCSI 50pin)...
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17 September 2002, 21:44 | #8 |
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Is that for either?
So would one of these be ok? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2053829251 or these? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2054510795 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2054511674 http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2054513036 or even this one? http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...tem=2053876420 Last one is quite tempting! Last edited by Antiriad; 17 September 2002 at 21:55. |
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Yes, all of these should be fine.
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17 September 2002, 23:07 | #10 |
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Bought the last one!
Ill tell you guys how it goes ok? |
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Ok
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21 September 2002, 13:34 | #12 |
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The 2GB hard drive arrived. Ive opened up the A500HD+ , the connectors seem correct, but it appears to be a REV.6 board. Will this limit the HD capacity?
Ill keep you all posted on progress |
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AFIK rev 6 allows hard drives up to 512MB...
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This is becoming exciting
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Oh crap! This might explain all the problems ive had today! Ive had inumberable read errors.
Perhaps i will try 4 x 500MB partitions as a way of circumventing the problem.. |
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Yes, there's a chance this might help but I'm not sure if rev 6 would handle this...
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26 September 2002, 23:14 | #17 |
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Faster than a PPC card! :hoo
Able to fix hard drive problems in a single bound! Is it GVP? Is it Amiga Inc? No, its....Retroman! Yes folks, Retroman has rescued me from hard drive hell! On EABs IRC channel he told me to do a small 20MB partition, do a quick format from WB and Install WB on it. And THEN to create the next two partitions and format them! So folks, now have a 20MB DH0, 1000MB DH1 and 986 DH2!!! Once again the indomitable Amiga Community spirit has triumphed over dishonest hardware! Only EAB can make this possible! Last edited by Antiriad; 26 September 2002 at 23:22. |
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big book of Amiga hardware says:
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Is this A590 PSU the same with common a500 psus? |
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Hi Burseg, I recently got a A590 myself without the PSU (I thought it was gonna be included in the ebay auction for some reason) and it has a weird 4 pin din like connector (sort of like old PC keyboard connectors except with 4 holes).
I tried to rig up my own PSU and everything seemed OK (A590 power light was on)until I powered up the A500 an KABOOM. HD died, so I took it apart and found a few chips blown (plastic exploded off some of them). Anyway I wouldn't try what I did. But I found this page later (and proceeded to curse profusely) http://www.starnet.com.au/davem/overclock/A500HD.html which details soldering a couple of wires so the A500 powers the HD itself without needing a PSU for the A590. Hope you have better luck than I did |
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You powered both a590 and your a500 up with the same psu and your hd died because of this? Do you think seperate a500 psus will work?
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