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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: Srdjan on January 22, 2006, 11:35:25 AM

Title: Strange problem with A1200???
Post by: Srdjan on January 22, 2006, 11:35:25 AM

Hello everybody....

- I have strange probem with my A1200, i have recently installed new 3.1 Rom-s from Vesalia. When I turn on my Amiga i have very long delay 10-13 seconds before the screen
with diskette comes on...
Any ideas???

Title: Re: Strange problem with A1200???
Post by: Prober on January 22, 2006, 11:38:46 AM

One from 3.1 things, you Amiga waiting for hard disk. Connect any, and this delay disappear.

Title: Re: Strange problem with A1200???
Post by: amigakit on January 22, 2006, 11:39:37 AM

This is perfectly normal with 3.1 ROMs.  This delay is designed to make the A1200 more tolerant to slow starting hard disks (at Cold boot)

Title: Re: Strange problem with A1200???
Post by: Brian on January 22, 2006, 11:41:10 AM

In ROM3.1 the delay waiting for an IDE disk have been extended. That is why it takes a lot longer before the purple screen gets on. If you had a harddrive installed in the systeme it wouldn't take that long even if the harddrive wasn't formatted or anything. There is a small peice of hardware you can make to get around this problem and fool the system into thinking there is something on the IDE header: IDE_Killer.lha (http://ftp://de.aminet.net/pub/aminet/hard/hack/IDE_Killer.lha)

Title: Re: Strange problem with A1200???
Post by: Srdjan on January 22, 2006, 11:45:44 AM

- Thanks

THAT WAS QUICK!!!!