A4000 in a tower issues

[amigadave]

I do have Amiga forever on my PC is winUAE part of that? I regret selling my CyberstormPPC and its SCSI controller, was much more reliable.

Yes, AmigaForever is based on WinUAE.

[tonyvdb]

So is there a SCSI to IDE adapter that would work on my a4000?

[danbeaver]

Yes, but do you have an PATA IDE free on your PC?  While I have a USB device for connecting those, my last 2 PC builds were SATA only motherboards.

If it is dead, EwBay has 40 and 80 GB IDE drives in the $20 USD (or Less) range; I even formatted a couple with OS3.9 as spares to keep on hand.

Once you solve your HDD issue, I would still take her apart to clean and de-dust.

[danbeaver]

So is there a SCSI to IDE adapter that would work on my a4000?

Yep, several.  I have a couple of Acards and a Yamaha that work.  There is even an Acard SCSI to SATA version.  The data conversions are not without some bus speed loss though.

[Jeff]

I have a pile of smaller IDE drives that should work in your machine. Your welcome to have one for postage. I highly recommend a standard PC compact flash <--> IDE adapter and a small CF card. You can also sneaker net with a PC this way much easier.

[tonyvdb]

Has anyone tried a Solid state drive in their Amiga?
Is there a sata > IDE adapter?

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Has anyone tried a Solid state drive in their Amiga?
Is there a sata > IDE adapter?

I believe there are several people on this forum that use them.  Either through SCSI->SATA bridges or some other kind of complicated chain of SCSI->IDE->SATA bridge, etc.  I've even seen a few IDE (PATA) SSD drives for sale, Newegg.com lists several of them but they're not cheap.  IMHO a CF adapter is the easiest way to go.

[tonyvdb]

IMHO a CF adapter is the easiest way to go.

Thanks, I think I will go this rout
http://amigakit.leamancomputing.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=883

[Oldsmobile_Mike]

Good plan.