No CD-ROM Icon Appearing WB 3.1

[hamtronix]

A4000_Mad wrote:
@ hamtronix
Click on the 'Icon' tab and then change the line SCSI_DEVICE_NAME= trekmagic.device

to

SCSI_DEVICE_NAME=gvpscsi.device

Click on 'Save' and hopefully you will be able to see your hard drive and CDrom when you reactivate HDToolBox :-)

I did this and both my SCSI devices showed up.

Now for the interesting part the CD drive appears as status unknown. no drive type information just the scsi ID and the LUN. does this clue anyone in on fixing the problem?

[hamtronix]

Super Duper USA thanks to A4000 Mad! If my country invades yours you can always crash at my place!

In any case - after attempting everything to no avail I think it will be easier to assume the CDROM is bad and buy some alternatives to test it with. If anyone has a 50 pin SCSI CDROM they want to sell me please PMAIL otherwise it will be Ebay.

If that doesnt work I will attempt the GVP SCSI ROM 4.15 .

In the meantime if anyone has any new ideas kick them on down as I recently became unemployed so it is me and the Amiga for a bit.

Thanks again to everyone who has helped or read! The community is wonderful.

[hamtronix]

alexh wrote:
Have you tried changing the SCSI ID of the CD-ROM?

What would this test?

Can some scsi device numbers appear to work but not work on the chain?

The CD drive is Device 1 my other device HD is 0 and the card is terminated at 7.

Right now im thinking the cheapest route is to get another SCSI cd rom to test it with and then failing that hunt down 4.15 ROMs.

[hamtronix]

These are test drives I was going to bid on on Ebay : item # 230157537631   

Just wanted to double check that these should be suitable for Amiga be fore bidding...

[hamtronix]

wlemonds wrote:
When you type INFO in CLI does CD0: at least show up?

Example :

CD0:           No disk present

Yep, I get CD0: No Disk Present

[hamtronix]

Here is the update. I think I got it figured out (with a lot of help from everyone!)

In testing out yet more thinkgs from A4000 Mad I was finally giving up and took the disc out. I noticed that the on/disc light acted the same way when i took a disk out and closed it as it did when i put a disc in. It flashes green a couple of times and goes back to orange. So i listened to the drive. It didn't spin the disc all the way up just searched it. So I consulted my manual and found :

ON/DISC LED
This indicator lights up orange when the CRW is powered on, and lights up in green when the CRW contains a disc.

This confirms the final analysis that the actual drive is faulty...

Which is a shame as it is a nice drive. So, does anyone have any hints on how to fix a faulty drive? I figured it was worth just removing it and giving it a couple of good whacks. I have bid on a couple of replacement drives on ebay, but they arent nearly as nice as this one.

[hamtronix]

My friend had an old Mac 8100 sitting around. He gave it to me . I yanked out the CD , installed Asim and BAM! It worked like a charm. Now to yank out the Zip drive in it and also the HD. Might be some chips I can use too!

Is there a 4 pin CD Audio on the A2000 Motherboard to run my CD drive to?

Thanks again to everyone for their very nice help!