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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: TheKid on March 29, 2005, 09:09:41 AM

Title: Help me Amiga peoples re A600HD
Post by: TheKid on March 29, 2005, 09:09:41 AM

I have a A600HD computer. When i turn it on it comes up with the disk going into the floppy .... 2.0 Roms (37.350). If i play around with the 2 Amiga keys and the Ctrl key it sometimes boots from the hard drive. WHAT IS THE SECRET.

Title: Re: Help me Amiga peoples re A600HD
Post by: alx on March 29, 2005, 09:47:12 AM

Welcome to A.org :-D

This is a common problem on 3.0 machines like mine.  Basically, the Amiga boots without giving enough time for the HDD to spin up.  It cannot detect it, and therefore asks you for a disk, but if you do a soft reboot, the drive is detected and then boots - its more of an annoyance than a real issue.  I've no idea if this problem can occur with other kickstarts, and if there is a different reason maybe someone could update the FAQ I wrote here (http://www.amigacentre.co.uk/cgi-bin/wiki.pl/Hard_Drive_equipped_Amiga_doesn't_boot)?

Title: Re: Help me Amiga peoples re A600HD
Post by: Doppie1200 on March 29, 2005, 10:25:36 AM

Happens with all kickstarts. 3.1 has got a larger delay but still the problem can occur.

Title: Re: Help me Amiga peoples re A600HD
Post by: pjhutch on March 29, 2005, 11:10:00 AM

If you cut line 1 of the IDE cable, you can get round this issue.