Can't get PCMCIA CF card hot swapping to work.

[Boing-ball]

Have had this happen to me in the past. It could be the following:

- 1D4 revision of the mainboard. These do require a Timing fix. E123c or r and E125c or r to be removed. (rev 2B require this as well)
- GAYLE chip revision
- Power Supply
- Board may need recapping if not already done.

This is why when running A1200’s I try and use the 1D1 revision. As I personally have had better results.

Cue the Sheldon Coopers for the rebuttal on this 🙄

[Boing-ball]

Just an after thought. You didn’t mention if the revision 1d4 is a Commodore board or a Escom/Amiga Technologies version.

For the latter (Escom) the timing fixes should have been done from the factory. So don’t be surprised if they have already been done.

Other things to try. Aminet has the CFD133 version available of Compactflash.device available. You could try this first:

https://aminet.net/package/driver/media/CFD133

These may help, although usually used for PCMCIA network cards:

https://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardPatch

https://aminet.net/package/util/boot/CardReset

[Boing-ball]

I have an Escom A1200 and it hot swaps PCMCIA CF Adaptors fine (I have 2 of them and this is how I generally swap files to and from my 1200)  PCMCIA Cards are made to hot swap. They specifically have recessed power pins that means the power is the last thing to connect and the first thing to disconnect when pulled.

Your board may also have the timing fixes from the factory. Whilst the OPs board may not. Let’s see what the OPs findings are.

[Boing-ball]

Worth trying the Cardpatch and card reset programs in your Startup-sequence. This may help.