HD won't show up when used with a buffered IDE interface

[steve30]

I have a 2.5" IDE hard drive in my amiga with Workbench 3.1 installed.

When it connected directly to the IDE port it works perfectly.

But, when I connect the buffered IDE interface (DCE CDROM adaptor) to the IDE port, and then connect the HD to the buffered IDE interface, it doesn't work.

The HD powers up fine, but the amiga won't boot from it, and it won't show up in the workbench when I boot from a floppy.

Any ideas?
The HD is set a Master/Device 0.

Thanks.

BTW, I'm using an A1200 with an A500 power supply, and a Blizzard 1230 MkIV.

[steve30]

Reestarting makes no difference.

The HD was made in 1997.

[steve30]

Could be, but does that have anything to do with the fact that it won't boot from the HD and it won't show up in the Early startup control?

[steve30]

I bought the buffered IDE interface used. So I don't know how old it is.

I am only trying to connect the HD because I don;t have the means of connecting any other device to it.

I am using KickStart 3.1 BTW. I can try Kickstart 3.0 and see if that makes a difference.

[steve30]

The HD is currently set at master.

[steve30]

It has options for Master, Slave, and Cable Select.

I thought it would be best on Master, as there is only one device there, but I will try the other options.

[steve30]

I'll see if thats the problem.

Only thing is, I don't have a suitable power supply to power a CDROM drive.

[steve30]

I could do that actually. I should have an IDE cable long enough.

Only problems is both my PCs are Dells, and therefore have non standard ATX pinouts, therefore it isn't really possible to use just the Power supply.