Amiga 1200 HD LED problem

[Marcin1982]

I have problem with HD LED nonstop light
HDD is 80gb Hitahi , but older HDD  5gb is all good , this problem is only with big disk 80gb hitahi Amiga turn on and LED HD nonstop light

[carvedeye]

Faulty hdd perhaps? do you have set to salve or master or cable select?

[Marcin1982]

Hdd ok I check in hd tune , master jumper and cable select   is
 on and is

 same situation led hdd light nonstop

[Lurch]

When did it start, anything you've changed recently?

Accelerator, if so does it happen with it not installed?

I'd strip it back and add each item one at time.

[Marcin1982]

80 gb HITACHI drive is installed 3 days ago, on 5 gb IBM was no problem led , to 80 gb problem occurs immediately after switching on the Amiga, amiga cards no turbo, standard configuration is 2 mb and nothing more

[psxphill]

80 gb HITACHI drive is installed 3 days ago, on 5 gb IBM was no problem led , to 80 gb problem occurs immediately after switching on the Amiga, amiga cards no turbo, standard configuration is 2 mb and nothing more

Some hard drives turn the led on when there is any activity on the ide bus others only when there is reading or writing. I don't know if it's related to that or something else. But it's likely that you'll have to live with it.

[AmigaClassicRule]

By the way off topic...what is the largest and compatible 2.5" HD for the Amiga 1200? I do not mind if it is a loud HD too by any chance...loud is good for me too.

[Matt_H]

Some hard drives turn the led on when there is any activity on the ide bus others only when there is reading or writing. I don't know if it's related to that or something else. But it's likely that you'll have to live with it.

I think most modern drives tend to do this. Mine does as well. Nothing to worry about.

[Matt_H]

By the way off topic...what is the largest and compatible 2.5" HD for the Amiga 1200? I do not mind if it is a loud HD too by any chance...loud is good for me too.

Same as any other Amiga: 4GB in the stock configuration, but essentially no limit once you have the appropriate patches.

[AmigaClassicRule]

Same as any other Amiga: 4GB in the stock configuration, but essentially no limit once you have the appropriate patches.

Will this be a good HD to buy for the A1200 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-WD-2-5-320GB-WD3200BEVE-5400-8M-PATA-IDE-HDD-Hard-Disk-Driver?item=281028607535&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4325880897793220846 ?

[Matt_H]

Will this be a good HD to buy for the A1200 http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-WD-2-5-320GB-WD3200BEVE-5400-8M-PATA-IDE-HDD-Hard-Disk-Driver?item=281028607535&cmd=ViewItem&_trksid=p5197.m7&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26itu%3DUCI%26otn%3D3%26po%3DLVI%26ps%3D63%26clkid%3D4325880897793220846 ?

I think that's overkill. You *could* use it, but I think you'll have an easier time with a simple IDE-to-CompactFlash or IDE-to-SD adapter and a 4GB card. And the whole thing should only set you back about $20.