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Re: Problems booting A4000
« on: June 04, 2007, 08:29:24 AM »
If you go SCSI (I recommend that)
You can also terminate the onboard IDE.
It's what I have done. No delay after that ;-)

You can build it yourself:

Get a 40-pin female IDE header and wire a 5K resistor between pins 3 and 39,
and between pins 5 and 39.

Pins 3 and 5 are the high-order IDE data bits.  Pin 39 is the IDE LED
connection, which is tied high.  This hack ties the two high-order IDE
data bits high, making the ROM immediately skip looking for a drive.

Plug the header onto the A4000 motherboard IDE connector, making sure it
is on correctly.

Here's one on ebay too:
IDE Killer on ebay

good luck
A4000D CS060/MKII with SCSI, CV64/4MB, 128MB Fast, ACARD AEC-7720U SCSI-IDE,80GB Samsung HDD, Yamaha CDRW, XSurf2, OS3.9BB2
A500,1MB Chip Kick1.3/3.1,GVP A500+ 540MB HDD and 8MB Fast,GVP DSS 8Bit Sampler
 

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Re: Problems booting A4000
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2007, 08:44:18 AM »
@motorollin

This hack works for sure.
I never had any Problem ;-)
A4000D CS060/MKII with SCSI, CV64/4MB, 128MB Fast, ACARD AEC-7720U SCSI-IDE,80GB Samsung HDD, Yamaha CDRW, XSurf2, OS3.9BB2
A500,1MB Chip Kick1.3/3.1,GVP A500+ 540MB HDD and 8MB Fast,GVP DSS 8Bit Sampler
 

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Re: Problems booting A4000
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2007, 10:11:41 AM »
@motorollin

I never tried this on a A1200
Resistor Color Code
A4000D CS060/MKII with SCSI, CV64/4MB, 128MB Fast, ACARD AEC-7720U SCSI-IDE,80GB Samsung HDD, Yamaha CDRW, XSurf2, OS3.9BB2
A500,1MB Chip Kick1.3/3.1,GVP A500+ 540MB HDD and 8MB Fast,GVP DSS 8Bit Sampler