I've got almost exactly the same setup as Andy here. I have occasional
problems with the connections so my SAM comes apart quite a lot at the
moment, and something must be badly earthed, because 'hard disk whine'
comes through the monitor quite badly. Maybe it's cos (I think) I've got
the
I can't get my new TV to tune in to the SAM correctly at all, so I
can't check the sound. I don't know if it's the TV, the fact I have
one of the first SAMs off the production line or due to having an
(early) ATOM in there. Will need to make a composite or RGB connection
to be able to use it
I have heard the drive spin down for no apparent reason and I have to
power-cycle the SAM to spin it back up again.
I had this problem with mine, although it tended to happen most on startup -
I fixed it by replacing the Sam PSU with a PC one and running a seperate
power feed to the HD so that
I think I had one of the first - and I did have the same problem...
although I actually like that whine as I at least knew the drive was working then -as it was soo quiet! :)
(No noise with Compact Flash!) :)Howard Price [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've got almost exactly the same setup as Andy
That sounds quite likely - the Amstrad PSUs never had a lot of juice.Dan Doore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have heard the drive spin down for no apparent reason and I have to power-cycle the SAM to spin it back up again.I had this problem with mine, although it tended to happen most on startup -I
Here are some pictures of my simple flash interface.
The Idea works. Just read the drive Identify data using a LDIR
instruction. (memoryIO works just great!)
I also managed to dril a hole in whats left of the pcb To fit a
cool blue LED which which lights up whenever the CF is busy
I've got almost exactly the same setup as Andy here. I have occasional
problems with the connections so my SAM comes apart quite a lot at the
moment, and something must be badly earthed, because 'hard disk whine'
comes through the monitor quite badly. Maybe it's cos (I think) I've got
