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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: beller on May 05, 2007, 10:35:26 PM

Title: Supra A500 Hard Drive Problems
Post by: beller on May 05, 2007, 10:35:26 PM
Howdy,

The Supra A500 Hard drive (40 meg with 4mb ram) I bought from EBay last week arrived today.  I'm having issues attaching to my 1.3 Rom A500.  The machine had no mods and, in fact, I bought it with the factory seals intact.

I opened the A500 interface and found the Supra memory board loose.  Pushed it into place and the machine's power light stopped cycling...it's a steady light but there is no access to the Supra hard drive.  Nor will a bootable floppy boot the machine.

Anyone have experience with the Supra drive and can offer some suggestions I'd more than welcome them.  I'm hoping I didn't get a $120 doorstop!


Posted a bit later...with celebratory brew in hand:

Problem solved.  Turns out it takes FOREVER to boot, but it does finally boot up.  Problem solved!  I've got a sweet little A500 with 3 megs of ram and a 40 mb scsi drive!  Nice for the old games!

Bob