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Title: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 03:30:36 PM

does this thing need its own power supply, or does it leech off the A500 ?

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: duesi on June 06, 2003, 03:49:08 PM

You mean the GVP Impact II Series ?
I also have one of them on my main A 500

Yes it needs a power-supply and you have to power on the GVP before the AMIGA.

Hope this helps

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 03:52:54 PM

dang..there's on on ebay but no PSU...can you use a universal power supply with it?

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: duesi on June 06, 2003, 04:00:13 PM

AFAIK you need the original psu.
but if you get the Voltages and the Pin-Layout
you can build one yourself...

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: amigamad on June 06, 2003, 04:41:58 PM

If it is like the roctec i have it needs its own supply. :-)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 04:43:35 PM

thanks for the help guys!  I cancelled my bid.  No use buying something and then not being able to use it because it needs its own PSU.

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: Linchpin on June 06, 2003, 05:07:19 PM

i have a spare a1200 supply :-)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 05:09:08 PM

?

the A1200 psu will not work on a GVP hard drive, correct?  I have a few A500 psu's..but the A530 uses its own type of connector right?

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: Linchpin on June 06, 2003, 05:13:28 PM

Oops sorry..

just trying to help :-)

I know some external drives use CBM supplies

Kev :-)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 05:14:35 PM

no problem   :-)  just dont do that again or you'll be banned.  (just kidding! )  :-)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: Linchpin on June 06, 2003, 05:16:57 PM

Hehehe oops please dont ban me :-(

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 06, 2003, 05:18:39 PM

LOL, no I wont..just playing with ya!  

the quest goes on then.. need to find a A500 hard drive, or a A2000 system so I can buy a hard drive card, or a A3000 w/hd...

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: Linchpin on June 06, 2003, 05:33:46 PM

yeah man i was joking too...

i was a complete moron about 4 years ago i binned a working a2000 as the monitor was knackered and i coulnt get it to work. What a fool :-( it had loads a ram, and a PC card, 800mb HDD and a 500mb amiga drive. What a wolly. COMPLETE wolly.

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: vpcs on June 13, 2003, 12:32:06 AM

The GVP drive Has jumpers inside to take power from the amiga I believe that they are jumpers 15 & 17 I just sold mine it worked like that for years

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: vpcs on June 13, 2003, 12:38:44 AM

The GVP drive Has jumpers inside to take power from the amiga I believe that they are jumpers 15 & 17 I just sold mine it worked like that for years

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: WarPiper on June 13, 2003, 01:12:54 AM

Hi,

vps I never heard os the GVP high impact series II using the power from the A500 itself, where did you learn of that?

here check out what i just sold
My Amiga sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2735846790&category=4598&rd=1)

I just wanted to get rid of it, was just sitting around doing nothing, it probably world have ended up trashed anyway.

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 13, 2003, 01:17:44 AM

Warpiper: wow! that looks like the Amiga I just won on ebay! Oh, wait, IT IS!! WOOO HOOO!!!  :)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: WarPiper on June 13, 2003, 02:12:50 AM

cool, now you have solved your little problem with the 500 hard drive/powersupply, there is one included, but then again, I think you knew that.

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: WarPiper on June 13, 2003, 02:15:11 AM

here is what you missed out on lat month:

My A4000D Video toaster system sale (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2728420660&ssPageName=ADME:B:EOAS:US:3)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: TheMagicM on June 13, 2003, 02:16:53 AM

its back on ebay..he's selling that system. (it looks like the same one)

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: WarPiper on June 13, 2003, 02:40:52 AM

that guy had closed the auction 2 hours after it was posted on may 7, then he took till the 13th of may to pay, then I made the mistake of mis calculating the shipping, I charged him $70.00 when the shipping came to $145.00 (just goes to show you cant do everything by computer) after I spent an additional 75.00 to ship it he said the the monitors came broken, and that he can not leave me positive feedback untill I re-emburse him for the monitors. the title of the auction was for the Amiga 4000D video toaster, I added the monitors in the auction as a throw in, anyway, the system and the monitors was packaged by a professional packing company and shipped via UPS to canada from NYC, USA, but yet I should have to feel responsable for the damage to the monitors, dont worry, I made sure your system got packaged and was on the truck safly,

I just told you that little bit becuase I want you to watch out, it seems like he is demanding monitary damages in return for good feedback.

I checked with ebay, they say I am not at fault, and that I had the option to report him, but the feedback is not all that much important to me (I dont scare easy, nor am I a dumb-ass).

ok ok getting the shipping cost was pretty dumb I admit it, but hay it as the first time I had used the online shipping calculator, will never use it again, nor will I ever ship international again!!

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: vpcs on June 13, 2003, 01:08:29 PM

Check out this link for info on using the GVP with power From A500  http://www.starnet.com.au/davem/overclock/A500HD.html

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: WarPiper on June 13, 2003, 02:58:01 PM

@ vps

cool, I did not know that was possible, thanks

Title: Re: A500 GVP hard drive question
Post by: koNik on July 10, 2004, 06:10:01 PM

I've made PSU for my Roctec from orginal A600 PSU and it works good ! :-D
here is the pinout from roctec orginal PSU:

http://195.150.240.2/~ladaklub/ami_site/my_roctec.html