I'm setting up a 4g CF drive + CD slim drive in my 1200. No probs getting CF formatted and booting when it's the only thing connected to the IDE cable - and gees it's fast! But, as soon as I connect the CD drive, neither the CF or CD drive is recognised. I've tried connecting each device on different fittings on the cable. The only jumper to change master/slave settings is on the CF card - which I've tried all combinations of - master/slave, slave/master, and no jumper at all. There is no master/slave jumper that I can see on the CD drive, and I think that's where the problem lies - not being able to set them means the master/slave settings are clashing. Has anyone come across this and knows how to sort it out? Can I just cut a particular wire on the cable, or bridge some pins or similar?
I can't reply in relation to my A1200 as I run an external CDROM off my Ferret SCSI, but my A4000 has a little unit called a 4 Way IDE Buffer. These units in combination with IDEFIX software fix most IDE issues and provide 2 IDE Ports both with master/slave. There are some problems with some Accelerators you should be aware of however which requite a CTRL-A-A after switch on for the system to boot. So verify your accelerator isn't one of them before purchase.
