My A1200 does not like my CF - anything I could do?

[Everblue]

I have been successfully using a 512MB no name CF for a while, so I decided to get something bigger. Reading on forums I found out that 2gig and 4gig Transcend compact flash cards (x133) work great, so I decided to go for an 8gig. I mean, what could go wrong?

Short answer: everything

Long answer:

I tried to do various things, create partitions of various sizes (even smaller than 1 gig), and tried both FAT and FAT32 formats - absolutely no luck.

Sometimes when I remove the CF from the PCMCIA adapter, it gives me some error in German.

Anything else I could do before I chuck them into the bin*?

Thank you in advance!


E'Blue


*Metaphorically

[gurthuk]

Where you sticking it?

1) PCMCIA slot
2) Internal IDE

I had had problems with the PCMCIA slot until I removed my trapdoor expansion card.

[gurthuk]

That would be the PCMCIA then...

Sorry didn't read all your text (was on my iPhone).

[Everblue]

I do have a 4meg expansion card in the trap door, but afaik its compatible with the PCMCIA port, hence, I have been using a 512MB card with the pcmcia adapter previously.

[gurthuk]

I had the exact same German error despite the CF not showing in Workbench. The card is being picked up but just not that extra bit.

Like I said before try removing anything in the trapdoor, think mine is a 1Gb Transcend card had that showed up once my fast RAM was removed.

[gurthuk]

Remove it. I'm in the same boat - 4Mb shouldn't knock out the PCMCIA slot but it was an issue for me.

I'll try and find the post on EAB which prompted me to try it.

[Everblue]

Alright, I will remove the card and try again. Thanks for the heads up.

[gurthuk]

http://eab.abime.net/showthread.php?t=40746&highlight=transcend

Scroll down and have a read... list of those that work with a trapdoor card and those that do not.

Had this all last month hence why it's still fresh in my head.

[Everblue]

I removed the board as you suggested, no difference

It still doesnt come up in workbench, and when I remove the card... BANG - German error!


 :-(

[gurthuk]

Grrr.

Open up Workbench >> Tools (I think) >> Format

The Format program should pop up and list all the drives there on yor machine; do you have a CF0: and CC0:?

[voyager]

can you please post the error you are getting?

[Everblue]

Here you go:

DISK " "
Zu Fruh Entnommen!
wiederholen /aAbrechen

[voyager]

how do I translate this.. Disk is removed to soon? retry / abort

[gurthuk]

Plug it all together, switch it on and leave it for an hour - perhaps Workbench is just taking a while to address the size of the card.

[CLS2086]

Well,
what can PrepCard tell you ?  ;-)