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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: J-Golden on October 11, 2005, 10:02:26 PM
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Is it not using the SCSI or the IDE on MY A4000T that slows down my booting up?
I am using the SCSI III connection on my Accel. leaving the other two unused.
If SCSI, can I terminate it to speed up booting/searching?
J-Golden
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@J-Golden:
Atleast the just the IDE-interface will give you a 30 second boot delay on a normal A4000. Try connecting a working ide-drive that is amiga partitioned and formatted and see if it boots faster. If so the issue is the ide-interface and building one of these (http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/aminet/aminet/hard/hack/no4000ide.readme) will solve your problem.
Oh, just remembered another solution. You can disable the motherboard ide-interface and or scsi-interface by software which will only leave you with one delay - the first time you power up, on the following boots there will be no delay. Until you power it off again ofcourse.
If you have a CyberStormPPC/MK3, this can be done via the accelerators bootmenu ("SCSIPatch" and "NCR SCSIPatch"). If you havent, you can disable atleast the ide-interface via something like this (http://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/hard/hack/DisableAT.lha).
/Patrik
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Hmmmm, this brings me back to another project I was looking at. A user put this http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=1108 on his IDE port in his A1200. I know where to get 40-pin vers. up to 2 gig. I was planing on getting one so I can:
1) Remove my two intenal SCSI Drives and have all progs
and data external.
Whick will bring me closer to my goal of...
2) Have a Quiet system
and...
3) Cleaning out cables for better air flow
1 & 3 making it more possible to...
4) have a cooler running system.
and now this will also...
5) speed up startup time...
Wow! I really need to get on this huh?
Thanks for all the guidence patrik!
J-Golden
PS- here's a retailer that lists them...
http://www.psism.com/mini-ide-drive.htm