#HardDrive Locking-Up
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Iain,
You're not using the stock 1200 power supply for that beastie are you?
That's a lot of a load to stick on the stock power brick. Try a Bigfoot
supply if they have a U.K. version… or even a 500 power supply.
I've seen similar problems with loaded 1200s. In one case, the power
supply was marginal- it would kick out periodically. Not enough to
reset the computer, but enough to spin down the drive. The "boiing'
sound could be the drive spinning down. Also, I think some of those
2.5" drives have an idle spin down, for battery saving in laptops I
guess. If it's been idle for a while, it will spin down. Then when
you go to access it, it trys to spin up. That's a heavier load on the
power supply than just running, so it will aggravate a marginal power
supply situation.
That's my thought, for what it's worth.
-jim
MOS via Autopilot & Amiga
My A1200 is pretty loaded as well, and I am using the A1200 brick. I have a
CSA 12guage 33mhz w/MMU, FPU, and SCSI, with 8MB Fast RAM and an internal 120MB
Conner drive and an external Quantum 540MB drive (On its own power). I have no
problems with loss of power, but heat is a different story 🙂
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Rick Green via AutoPilot 1.74
Amazing…. but as they say it the ads, "Your mileage may vary". It's
als possible you recieved a 500 brick instead of the 1200 version.
Some 12 saw came with the heavier 500 power supply. Strange that the
500 supply would ever be considered "heavy duty".
Really? I thought the A1200 Power brick was supposed to be the more heavy
duty. I have an A500 here as well, maybe I'll see if it's brick will power the
A1200. The A500 has a lot of stuff on it, too, but most of it's stuff is self
powered. The only thing drawing from the brick is the MMR '030 33mhz and 2MB
32bit ram. The external bus expansion, etc is self powered.
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Rick Green via AutoPilot 1.74
It's been a while since I saw a 1200 brick, the one I'm trying to fix came
with the 500 supply. The 500 brick is rated at 4.3A on the 5v and 1A on
the 12v. The 1200 brick – it's the same white color as the 1200- was about
half that, if memory serves.
I'd have a reluctance to experiment though, given the vast supply of spare
parts for the 1200… 🙁
-jim
MOS via Autopilot & Amiga
You're right. Looking at my A500 power supply, it reads 4.3A on 5v
and 1A on 12v. The A1200 power supply reads 3A on 5v and 500mA on
12v and 100mA on -12v. I've never had any power problems from any of
them, though 🙂
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Rick Green via AutoPilot 1.74
JIM,
That's a fascinating reply.
I have never had this problem before and I have had this setup for awhile.
What I'll do is remove the M1230XA and run various programs that can run
inside the 2Mb and see if the problem reoccurs.
I already have an upgraded power supply – not bigfoot though, but one I
got from a UK company.
The problem also occurs sometimes when I switch the computer on with the
hard drive light not even coming on and I end up with the little WB3.1
insert disc animation. I switch off and restart and then I get the
hard-drive going.
I'll let you know how this goes.
IAIN.
CALLING IN FROM SCOTLAND ON A 68030/50/50 AMIGA1200!
ON AUTOPILOT 1.72
Iain,
Well, it's certainly possible you have a marginal hard drive. It's just
a lot easier to swap out a power supply for testing than a hard disk. If
you've been running with this configuration for a while, I would tend to
suspect the hard drive. It's failure to spin up from a cold start would
also point to the drive. It's still worth trying another supply, or
reducing the load. Power supplies have been known to fail also.
Good Luck,
Jim
Autopilot & Amiga