Amiga needs reset to boot from HD

Sam

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Feb 4, 2009, 1:23:37 PM2/4/09

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When I power on my Amiga 4000 it doesn't boot from harddisk for the
first time. After a reset it is booting fine. I've heard there is a
way to slow down the startup time so that the harddisk is recognized.
How do I do this ? Thanx.

Groetjes, Siem Appelman http://www.siemappelman.nl (In Dutch)

Know1

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Feb 5, 2009, 3:18:34 AM2/5/09

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"Sam" <siem.a...@quicknet.nl> wrote in message news:1ed979d9-91e1-4ca5...@35g2000pry.googlegroups.com...

If it were an A600/A1200 I`d suggest that
you cut line1(red) of the IDE ribbon connector.
Not sure if this is advisable for an A4000.

zipper

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Feb 5, 2009, 11:20:57 AM2/5/09

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On Feb 4, 8:23 pm, Sam <siem.appel...@quicknet.nl> wrote:
> When I power on my Amiga 4000 it doesn't boot from harddisk for the
> first time. After a reset it is booting fine. I've heard there is a
> way to slow down the startup time so that the harddisk is recognized.
> How do I do this ? Thanx.

If you have 3.0 Roms, changing to 3.1 Roms extends the time the
computer is waiting for HD.

Everett M. Greene

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Feb 5, 2009, 12:22:54 PM2/5/09

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Did you just replace the hard drive with one of a different
brand? If so, you probably got one that doesn't conform to
the SCSI standard and gives improper status until the drive
is up to speed. I can't name the brand that gave me trouble
since I don't remember which one it was.

Sam

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Feb 5, 2009, 2:27:26 PM2/5/09

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> Did you just replace the hard drive with one of a different
> brand? If so, you probably got one that doesn't conform to
> the SCSI standard and gives improper status until the drive
> is up to speed. I can't name the brand that gave me trouble
> since I don't remember which one it was.

Hello Everett,

The Amiga 4000 has a IDE controller. I've had the same problem years
ago with a Amiga 4000 after changing the original Seagate harddrive
for a bigger one. In this Amiga a Western Digital 2 Gb drive is
installed. Is this brand the problem and is there a way to fix this ?

Everett M. Greene

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Feb 6, 2009, 1:03:12 PM2/6/09

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Sam <siem.a...@quicknet.nl> writes:
> > Did you just replace the hard drive with one of a different

> > brand? =A0If so, you probably got one that doesn't conform to

> > the SCSI standard and gives improper status until the drive

> > is up to speed. =A0I can't name the brand that gave me trouble

> > since I don't remember which one it was.
>

> The Amiga 4000 has a IDE controller. I've had the same problem years
> ago with a Amiga 4000 after changing the original Seagate harddrive
> for a bigger one. In this Amiga a Western Digital 2 Gb drive is
> installed. Is this brand the problem and is there a way to fix this ?

As I said, I don't remember which brand had the problem.
The obvious cure is to get a different brand. Quantum
was very good but I understand they no longer exist.

Frank Busse

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Feb 22, 2009, 5:56:34 AM2/22/09

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Am 05.02.2009 um 03:27:26 schrieb siem.a...@quicknet.nl (Sam):

Hello Sam.

> The Amiga 4000 has a IDE controller. I've had the same problem years
> ago with a Amiga 4000 after changing the original Seagate harddrive
> for a bigger one. In this Amiga a Western Digital 2 Gb drive is
> installed. Is this brand the problem and is there a way to fix this ?

As zipper allready wrote, upgrading the ROMs to Kickstart 3.1 extends
the time the computer is waiting for hard drives.

Regards
Frank

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