Re: Booting Problems with Platinum IIe & CF Microdrive

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Riffraff <markusj@asme.org> wrote:
> On Nov 15, 1:42 pm, BluPhoenyx <bluphoe...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On 11/15/2010 5:15 AM, Bill Buckels wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> There must have been some event that precipitated the trouble...
>> 
>> Not necessarily. It could be something like a failed ram chip, loose
>> chips or cards. Perhaps even the power supply going bad. The best
> > choice
>> here is to start by checking the simple things. Re-seat all the
> > socketed
>> chips. Same with any required cards. While testing only use the cards
>> required to get the system to the required operating point. Also,
> > will
>> the computer boot into ProDOS properly with a floppy disk?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Mike T
> 
> I was able to boot fine from a floppy.  I tried a different 80 column
> card and it made no difference.  Finally I checked the (now in
> hindsight) "obvious" - the CF card itself.  I found another 128MB card
> from our old camera and repartitioned and formatted it for the
> Microdrive and Voila!  Everything works as it should.
> 
> So now I'm wondering, do CF cards have a limited "shelf life"?
> 
> Jeff

Does your CFFA have the latest hardware rev? There were timing issues
with the first run that caused some brands of CF cards to misbehave. 

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