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When I first power-up my A1200, the hard drive works fine, but after a reset the hard drive is no longer recognized. Whats wrong?

April 26, 2017A1200 Fine longer power-up recognized reset wrong

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When I first power-up my A1200, the hard drive works fine, but after a reset the hard drive is no longer recognized. Whats wrong?

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A. This is a problem with the way the drive handles the IDE reset signal. The easy fix is to cut pin 1 on the IDE cable (usually the one with the stripe), peel back the wires a little, and tape them off, disconnecting the reset signal. This problem is commonly reported on Conner hard drives (although I don’t feel it’s a significant flaw).