A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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One thing I forgot to mention is that you have to be happy with a short IDE cable on the A2000 since according to @8 Bit Dreams the card won't boot on the A2000 if the buffers are installed and the external IDE buffers don't work either.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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alenppc wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:27 pm One thing I forgot to mention is that you have to be happy with a short IDE cable on the A2000 since according to @8 Bit Dreams the card won't boot on the A2000 if the buffers are installed and the external IDE buffers don't work either.
I've no idea why this is the case though. Since the A2000 is really not involved in the IDE bus cycles at all.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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terriblefire wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:36 pm
alenppc wrote: Wed Dec 16, 2020 1:27 pm One thing I forgot to mention is that you have to be happy with a short IDE cable on the A2000 since according to @8 Bit Dreams the card won't boot on the A2000 if the buffers are installed and the external IDE buffers don't work either.
I've no idea why this is the case though. Since the A2000 is really not involved in the IDE bus cycles at all.
It is suprising to me as well, but I don't have an A2000 myself to test this out, so I really can't say.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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I have to say that I've been using the TF536 from Paul J. on my rev 4.4 mobo with very good success. The newer TF firmware did help quite a bit TBH. Haven't done the board mods yet to bring 4.4 to 6.2 but will get round to it at some point.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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Also I have a buffered IDE setup on my 536 and can use a 10" IDE cable to a CF card reader in the PCI slot at the back. I used one of the more upmarket card readers (StarTec?) works very well indeed.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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So does that mean the 536 DOES boot on the A2000 with buffers? I am confused. I thought 8-bit-dreams said this doesn't work.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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Well, mine does!!
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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I've sold a few buffered TF536's to A2000 owners with no issues at all.
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Re: A2000 Rev4 with TF536

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PaulJ_2.0 wrote: Mon Dec 21, 2020 8:30 pm I've sold a few buffered TF536's to A2000 owners with no issues at all.
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