CF Card - Which one to buy?

[sim085]

Hello,

I have been looking to buy a CF card for over two weeks now. However I really cannot understand which one to chose. I tried following the advise I got from here, by trying to find a list of Amiga compatible CF cards and also by checking the specifications of different CF cards. However I never found what I was looking for.

I was wondering if people could just post the brand and type of the CF card they use.

Also does anyone know if this CF card is Amiga compatible.
http://www.sandisk.com/Products/Item(1158)-SDCFH-002G-A11-SanDisk_Ultra_II_CompactFlash2GB.aspx

Regards,
Sim085

[sim085]

I only had problems with the Ultra II 2GB version in my GVP hd8+ (with a scsi-ide/cf-ide).

Did you try with more then one Ultra II 2GB card? What I mean is could the card you where using been defected.

[sim085]

No the card is not defective. It works like a charm in my a1200 now.

... I was just hoping ... bought one from eBay before seeing your message. I'll see what happens. If it does not work then I'll try Toshiba.

[sim085]

Don't know if you want to put it in a gvp hd8+ too, but if you do and you find that it gives you troubles , try
to put a card in it that is NOT a high speed card (like the Ultra II).
I guess the old 1 GB Sandisk ("low" speed, the ones with the blue and red logo, see http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-SDCFB-1024-A10-Type-Retail-Package/dp/B00006AE3K)
would work too. I have no such a card, so I haven't tried this myself.

Thank you for the tip. When it arrives I will try it out. If I have problems then I will try to swap with some who has a 1GB CF card.

Yep ... I need it for the GVP HD8+

[sim085]

I struggled some 2 months to troubleshoot and find a working solution

I hope I'll take no more then that to get this done. It seems my problem is not with the CF card or IDE -> CF adapter, but rather with the SCSI -> IDE card. Thanks to MozzerFan I found a good thread on Amiga English Board and I am getting some help from the dealer I bought it from

If I manage to make this work I'll definitely write a how-to because I think it is really needed.

Regarding the CF card, MozzerFan said that the SanDisk 2GB Ultra II gives some problems but the Blue SanDisk don't; so if I where going to buy a new one I would choose the latter.

[sim085]

This may be more interesting for MozzerFan,

The SanDisk Ultra II 2GB did not give me any trouble when connecting it inside my GVP HD8+. The SCSI -> IDE convertor I am using is the ACard AEC 7720U and the IDE -> CF card adapter is a cheap one (£1) bough from ebay! I have no read errors or anything like that. As much as I know at the moment the MaxTransfer rate is set equal to 0x1fe00.

So tumbs up to SanDisk