AmigaActive (1641/1728)

From:Robert Purser
Date:29 Jun 2001 at 12:41:58
Subject:Re: Digest Number 1764

Hello amigactive@yahoogroups.com

Message: 14
Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2001 20:07:31 +0000
From: Sam Thomas <stomml@stom.org.uk>
Subject: Re: Plextor Review In #22

Hello Myself,

On 28-Jun-01, you wrote:

> Hello Alan

Disregard everything I said previously about the MP3's playing back poorly!
:-/

Is there a 'Dumb amiga user of the year award' going? If so, I reckon I must
be up there near the top!

Erm.. the Plextor did write the disk correctly (even the one done in about 5
and a bit mins) but the Amiga Sound was to blame (well, ok, I was to blame
being honest!).

During last week I stipped my system down again, trying to track my
Powerflyer bugs down. Anyway, after reassembling the whole lot and putting
the Mediator back in I powered up the system and all worked as usual, or so
I thought. Tonight I decided to listen to one of my MP3's.... thats when I
found the problem! Sound was stuttered and garbaged just like when I tried
to play it from the 'duff' CD. So there I went and decided to strip the
system again.

I took the side off the tower, removed IDE cables that were in the way and
then I saw two connectors hanging down.. P8 and P9 unplugged (the
powercables for the Mediator).

So it appears I was running the Mediator from power over the trapdoor slot!
:-O - the whole system was running off the Power input next to the LED
header! no wonder I was having sound trouble!

So now I only have the PIO speed setting problem to overcome and then
everything is great! (wondering if the lack of Mediator power would effect
the PIO speed now..)

Doh!

Does this meanyou have a power cable connected to the FD power connector on
the a1200 MB. if it does then that will cause problems with mediator and
possibly the powerflyer too. When i connected a power cable to the FD power
connector and power to the mediator as well, this caused instabilty
problems.

Quote carefully and read all ADMIN:README mails
To unsubscribe mailto:amigactive-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com
Anyone sending unsubscribe messages to the list will be SHOT!

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/