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Offline CyberusTopic starter

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simple A1200 HD question
« on: April 21, 2003, 08:20:53 PM »
Although I haven't done it before, its got to be one of the easiest operations ever (not as difficult as setting up a probe station for leakage current measurements on 300um solid state detectors anyway!)... I'm starting to wonder if the HD is **cked

I take apart the A1200, and carefully lift the k'board. I put the 2.5" HD on the mounting bracket and carefully plug it in to the pins on the mobo. I plug in a PSU, switch it on, and......nothing, no LEDs on the miggy, no floppy drive clicks....
Hmmmm....
I then plug in an A500 PSU, thinking this might solve the problem. Power up, and.....nothing...:(

How do I know if the HD is 'ked or not? It came all nicely boxed in an antistatic bag with a load of Amiga gear I picked up. Or is there something I have overlooked?

Any suggestions greatly appreciated
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Re: simple A1200 HD question
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2003, 08:27:05 PM »
Does the Amiga work without the HD installed?

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Re: simple A1200 HD question
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2003, 08:28:44 PM »
Yes, I've taken the HD out and it works fine!
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Re: simple A1200 HD question
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2003, 08:40:37 PM »
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How do I know if the HD is 'ked or not? It came all nicely boxed in an antistatic bag with a load of Amiga gear I picked up. Or is there something I have overlooked?


Not much to overlook on this one...  Pretty obvious things.  Make sure your hd isn't shorting a power lead against a ground.  Make sure you have the ribbon cable connected to the proper pins on the HD (not reversed or offset - the cable for a 2.5 has power running in it - a failure here could be very bad!)
Make sure the cable is good.  That's about all I can think of.

Finally, if you can, test the HD in a laptop.  

The stock A1200 PSU should be enough to at least spin-up an A1200 with hard drive.  (It might have heat problems after hours of use, though.  The A500 PSU should be plenty sufficient for an A1200 with baseboard and HD.)
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Re: simple A1200 HD question
« Reply #4 on: April 21, 2003, 08:43:18 PM »
It sounds more sinister than a power problem, I ran an 030 & HD off a standard A1200 psu for years without a problem...

What I'd do is open up my stepdad's laptop and swap drives, and see what happens  :-)  or put it in another Miggy?

Also some IDE cables are modified so that not all the pins are connected. I can't remember whether or not 2.5" IDE cables are keyed or not, but if the cable's the wrong way round that could be a contributing factor... :-)
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