#A1291 and A1230 II
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Equipment;
A1200
GVP A1230 Turbo + II
1 Mb SIMM
Internal 2.5" Western Digital 60Mb IDE HD
GVP A1291 SCSI Kit
Problem;
After attaching the A1291 as per the instructions, the Amiga fails to boot
from either the HD or FD.
The Hard Disk lights up, goes through it's normal rotational checks etc,
but when it would normally start executing the startup-sequence, the Ami
just hangs, the screen remains grey.
Removing the A1291 solves the problem. The A1230 is fitted correctly, the
A1291 sits home correctly, I can even screw the A1291 in place with the
included screw, but it's no playing ball!
I hope that it's not a conflict of the A1291 and the IDE drive, because if
it is, the A1291 is going straight back to the dealer 🙁
Thanks
Kevin 68030/40 A1200…
Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
Kevin,
I seem to remember having the same problem, there is a jumper that has to
be removed (or is it jumpered???) It was not listed in the manual, it is
apparently for testing. I'll look at mine later tonight and give you more
details……………..
Later tonight:
Ok, I checked my A1291 and there are two jumpers, JP1 & JP2, make sure
neither is shorted, when I got mine, one of them was shorted and I had the
same problem, I called tech support and they straightened me out <G>.
Also, make sure you are seated correctly, after I just checked my A1291, I
reinstalled and tried to boot and nothing happened, wouldn't even boot
from floppy with the A1291 removed. It seems I must have misalligned the
A1230 unit, cause removing it and re-installing it fixed the problem.
=Rick=
=Rick=
Rick,
All working now, thanks very much for your experience.
Kevin 68030/40 A1200…
Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK
Kevin,
There's no conflict, but you'll need to find out which program in your startup
is locking up. Try adding ECHO statements between each line of your startup
and see where it fails. Also, make sure that the J1 and J2 jumpers on the
A1291 are removed.
GVP TECH
Happy now 🙂
I've removed the jumpers (both were shorted) and it sings and dances, now
all I've got to do is get my CD-ROM and Tape Streamer working…
Thanks
PS. If it won't operate with the jumpers shorted, why ship it with them
shorted and have nothing in the manual telling you to remove them? This
is not a complaint (or personal attack <g>) I've got several GVP products
and I'm very happy with them, I'm just curious why they are shipped like
that. I'm sure that if they were shipped "plug and play" then you'd have
a far easier life.
Kevin 68030/40 A1200…
Flying AutoPilot from Surrey in the UK