need help with A1200 HD

[papazark]

Hello everybody

After spending several hours on my problem, I hope I'll find some answers here
To sum up, I can't have a 40Gb 2.5'' HD recognized by HDToolbox.

I have a vanilla A1200, so I basically opened it, tried to install a CF with an IDE adapter. That failed, so I went with something that looked easier, a 2.5'' HD.
So I plugged the HD in the internal IDE slot, and rebooted the beast.

I can hear the drive spin, but the HDD Led is always lit. Is that normal ?
After that, I did a soft reboot, started the Workbench 3.0 from a floppy, launched HDToolbox (I even tested a more recent version from aminet), and the HD is just not found.

Did I miss something somewhere ?
Is it possible the IDE port is dead ?
Any way to test that ?

Any suggestions are welcome

[papazark]

Thanks for the reply !

Unfortunately, I don't have any other Amiga to test
Would something like IDEFix97 be helpful in that situation ? (even if it's only the software part)

I may have some 3.5'' drive I could test, but I'm not sure where to plug the power connector.
Do I have to use the floppy connector ?


Thanks