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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: TheGoose on March 14, 2009, 09:17:55 PM
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Um, this works fine it seems. Are there some caveats to rigging your A1200 this way?
Thanks for info...
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Sounds like you're going 'in' through the 'out' door so to speak. LOL!
Does the audio work on your setup? Is there a -5v present?
What did you do... jury rig a PC power supply to it?
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You mean powering your Amiga *only* through the floppy connector? I tried it once and my Amiga didn't even boot. My configuration is similar to yours.
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Well, I did. Jumped an ATX PSU and hooked it up to see if this old MB worked. It came up just fine to the ROM screen.
I knew about this from my main PPC machine. Phase 5 would recommend you do this with the Blizzard PPC. So, if that couldn't hurt, why would it here I reckoned; famous last words...
:lol:
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Well, I did. Jumped an ATX PSU and hooked it up to see if this old MB worked. It came up just fine to the ROM screen.
There is no problem in doing this, but you will have sound issues unless you hook a -5V supply to the machine.
Running the machine with only this power source with a variety of expansion might not be a clever idea.
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Ah, that's the advice I was looking for, thanks.
Off to amigakit again...
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I did this last week, Had to use an A500 power suply though to get the A1200 to boot.
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-12v is missing in this thread,not unless someone is doing something special to use -5v.
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I personally wouldn't bring in power through the floppy connector...
My $0.02...
- You may be bypassing some important power conditioning circuits.
- You won't bring in the -12v line, which is probably necessary for the audio and serial circuits.
- You won't have the earth ground line. Maybe not a big deal, but could possibly cause some audio noise.
The standard power supply on the 500/600/1200 has the following lines...
+12V
-12V
+5V
Ground
Earth Ground
I learned a lot about the PS building my "mega" power supply for my 1200...
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2905=10
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I personally wouldn't bring in power through the floppy connector...
My $0.02...
- You may be bypassing some important power conditioning circuits.
- You won't bring in the -12v line, which is probably necessary for the audio and serial circuits.
- You won't have the earth ground line. Maybe not a big deal, but could possibly cause some audio noise.
The standard power supply on the 500/600/1200 has the following lines...
+12V
-12V
+5V
Ground
Earth Ground
I learned a lot about the PS building my "mega" power supply for my 1200...
http://www.amiga.org/gallery/index.php?n=2905=10
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*correct* i have no idea where -5v was used on the amiga unless it was added in for something special.
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just don't ever use two PSUs, it will fry your Amiga.
Also, the PCB 'traces' for floppy power are probably not designed for so much current, so it would be better to connect both 'points' (with same PSU).
I did it once for testing and A1200 did boot.
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-12v is missing in this thread,not unless someone is doing something special to use -5v.
A slight misprint from my side; it's -12V, not -5V. The other post got me confused there for a second.