u-bjense%sunset.utah.edu@utah-gr.UUCP (Bryan Jensen) (03/16/88)
I need some advice, and I'm SURE this is the best place to get it!
About a week ago, I purchased an external Amiga 3.5" drive, labelled as
the "AIR products A1010 External Drive." This drive is supposed to be
superior to the C-A drive and the Pro-drive in several respects: first,
it uses HALF the power normally required for an external drive; second, it
has the port in the back for pass-thru; and third, it is small and quiet. :-)
Needless to say, I was excited to get it. BUT, after connecting it to my
system, it started to do very strange things. For example, I warm booted
the NewTek Demo, and prepared myself for the show. After displaying that
wonderful digi of the girl in the scarf, I got the WB screen with a
requestor: "You MUST replace volume data in unit 1!!" Strange... I hadn't
even touched the disk. I clicked 'retry', and the demo continued.
This is the problem... it does this with everything I put in df1:. I'll
either get a requestor like the one above, or I'll get a requestor telling
me that my disk is corrupt. I tried it with the WB Initialize on the
pull-down, and it informed me that every disk I had was bad. df0:
initialized them all just fine.
Now for the kicker... I hooked the drive up to an A1000 (mine is an A500)
and it worked perfectly. When I got home, I removed my Progressive
Peripherals .5M card, and the drive worked perfectly on MY system!?!?!
I have concluded it is a power problem. But what I can't determine is
whether it is in the memory expansion or in the power supply for the A500.
Does anyone have any comments on either the PP512k or the power supply
that might help me solve this dilemma?
Thanks in advance...
-Bryanpapa@pollux.usc.edu (Marco Papa) (03/16/88)
In article <2406@utah-gr.UUCP| u-bjense%sunset.utah.edu.UUCP@utah-gr.UUCP (Bryan Jensen) writes: |I need some advice, and I'm SURE this is the best place to get it! | |About a week ago, I purchased an external Amiga 3.5" drive, labelled as |the "AIR products A1010 External Drive." This drive is supposed to be |superior to the C-A drive and the Pro-drive in several respects: first, |it uses HALF the power normally required for an external drive; second, it |has the port in the back for pass-thru; and third, it is small and quiet. :-) | |Needless to say, I was excited to get it. BUT, after connecting it to my |system, it started to do very strange things. For example, I warm booted |This is the problem... it does this with everything I put in df1:. I'll |either get a requestor like the one above, or I'll get a requestor telling |me that my disk is corrupt. I tried it with the WB Initialize on the |pull-down, and it informed me that every disk I had was bad. df0: |initialized them all just fine. | |Now for the kicker... I hooked the drive up to an A1000 (mine is an A500) |and it worked perfectly. When I got home, I removed my Progressive ^^^^^^^ |Peripherals .5M card, and the drive worked perfectly on MY system!?!?! | |I have concluded it is a power problem. But what I can't determine is ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ YES, you got it! |whether it is in the memory expansion or in the power supply for the A500. |Does anyone have any comments on either the PP512k or the power supply |that might help me solve this dilemma? The A500 has enough juice to drive EITHER the external disk OR the PP512K, but not both at the same time. Get a power supply with more juice. When using the Commodore .5M expansion + Commodore's external drive, the A500 works just fine, which means that the PP512K + AIR external drive drain more power than Commodore's units. -- Marco