BlizzardPPC fan power adapter

[AdMartin]

My A1200T rarely boots at first try; I have to retry a couple of times before it boots. I do feed power through floppy power connector on the mobo, but it doesn't make any noticeable difference. I read in an old Usenet post that it helps if you feed the BlizzardPPC fan directly from the PSU rather than from the BlizzardPPC itself. I have the following two descriptions of an Eyetech product that's now out of production:

"The ADPT-PWFD-PPC is a cable which has a 4pin HD-style power connector (to go to a standard PSU) at one end, and a 2 pin plug and socket which connect to the PPC fan connector at the other end. This enables the PPC fan to be powered directly from the PSU rather than via the Amiga expansion bus, which is often the cause of crashes and lockups with PPC's."

"it is connected directly to the PPC card and has a passthrough for the fan (5v BTW according to some BVision page I come across). Unfortuanately it dosen't completely solve the booting problem but seems much better."

So, does anyone know where I can buy one of those?!?

[Tahoe]

Wouldn't it be easier to make one yourself?

Just a HDD connector (male) on one side and the FAN connector on the other.

I'll make you one if you send me a picture of the exact type of fan connector the PPC has and if you need 5v or 12v. (usually is says so on the fan)

[Erol]

@AdMartin

its your hard drive not spinning up in time..  theres alot of topics available on the net about amiga's not booting first time.. some suggestions are to cut one of the ide wires on your hard drive.. (make sure u have a spare)

[AdMartin]

I won't do it myself, simply because I don't have necessary parts. However, I just spoke to my father and he had a spare adapter. I'll see if it fits, otherwise I might get back to you! :-)

[AdMartin]

I don't think it's the hard drive, because I use the SCSI interface on the BlizzardPPC, not the IDE interface on the mobo.

[delshay]

@admartin

if u are any good with a soldering iron u can just solder the extra wires on the front or back where the fan connector sits..


ALSO TAKE NOTE BLIZZPPC OWNERS: powering though the fan make sure u have not damaged the two fuses ( looks like resistor ) near the connector..


my blizzppc kept on crashing till i found 1 fuse had blown..