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Offline Effy

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Re: help with pin 38 (installing a fast ata 1200)
« on: August 29, 2004, 01:05:16 PM »
First of all, don´t panic.This wire is only meant to transfer the harddrive signals to the led. I have got a Zorro4 Powerflyer with the same cable and I accidently ripped it off the card ... still works like a charm  :-)
But this pin you are looking for now. Take your A1200 in front of you wide open. On the left is the 2,5" IDE controller, two vertical rows of pins. The one you need is on the right row (side where the floppy is) the 3rd pin starting from the top  :-)

Have fun !!!

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Re: help with pin 38 (installing a fast ata 1200)
« Reply #1 on: August 29, 2004, 02:36:16 PM »
JaXanim : you may be correct about the pin numbers. I only remember that it has to be the third on the right starting from the top. I have had three Powerflyers so far, from which one caused killing of the motherboard due to too hard pressure from my hand ... but even then I wouldn´t want to live without one !!! It enables you to use almost any IDE device, from a DVDrom to rewriters !!! But it may be so that you have to set the speed to PIO3 and not higher because that may cause crashes and bad readings on a 68030. Don´t know for sure about higher processors ...