CD32+SX1 - Problems with 4.3gb hard drive when using 8mb ram *solved*

[bilko9070]

Hi everyone,
I have been having problems with a hard drive i got to replace my 2gb hard drive in my amiga which has bad sectors.

The hard drive works fine when i do not have my 8mb ram stick in the sx1s simm slot, however when i have the ram installed, the machine will lock up when trying to save any data onto it.

There are no such problems when using the original hard drive.

I have made sure to keep partition sizes below 2gb and am only using the first 3.6gb of the drive.  I have tried os3.9 and wb3.1.  I have also tried using the sfs file system.  Always the same problem.

Would i have this problem if i was using a normal A1200 with an 8mb memory expansion?

I have heard of people using amigas ok with 4.3 gb hard drives, but am wondering if it could be worth hunting around for a drive below 4gb in size?

[bilko9070]

Could it be as simple as the psu?  Must be worth a try. Im still using the original one, but have never had power problems with other hard drives in the past.  I am also having similar problems when trying to use larger 3.5" drives for which i have a separate psu.

I should have a 3.6gb 2.5" drive to test in the next few days, so will see how it goes.

[bilko9070]

Just thought id let everyone know ive managed to solve this finally!  All i needed to do was install IDEFix97.  It sorts out the problem for both os 3.1 & 3.9.
tbh, i had assumed that installing os 3.9 on its own would be enough to sort out any problems with IDE interface, but clearly i was wrong

Just managed to shift 1gb of data between partitons on the drive where as before i could not manage a whole floppy before the system crashed.

I think i will have to register IDEfix if its still possible.