DVDRW Drive on SAM440 and Amiga OS4.1

Hello amigans ,

finally i got my brandnew sam440 completely assembled with OS4.1 pre-installed from Vesalia!!!!

I'm so happy to be back on Amiga with real hardware

I have setup the sam and OS4.1 so far - internet okay - sound okay
OS4.1 runs perfect !!!!!

But I Have one problem left: I can't see or use the dvdrw drive.
If I put a CD or aDVD in nothinh happens - no icon appearing on the workbench. Not even the OS4.1 CD works.
If I try audio CD PlayCD says it cannot open the scsi driver on unit2.

So please - can someone help me to get the DVDRW Drive up and running?
It would be great to listen to audio cd's and watching dvd with DVPlayler


Thanx for your time

Have a great time with AMIGA and OS4.1.

@fastbit66

As I am assuming that the drive was used to install the OS at Vesalia, it might be worth checking that the cable has become dislodged during transit.

Open up the machine, and look at the back of the optical drive. It is a SATA device (or has an adapter fitted) so it should have a power connector and a small black plug too.

Then look at th motherboard, towards the front of the PCI slot, you should see 4 black sockets, two should have plugs in.

If either of these conditions is not correct, then the SATA cable has been disconnected. Simply plugging it back in should cure the problem.

Simon

@fastbit66

Nod, as Rigo suggests

Since you can put a cd/dvd in then the power must be hooked up... we are now then looking at the smaller of the two plugs which is the data cable, these should have small metallic clips on either end... ACube supply SAMs with a pair of these, one for a harddrive and one for a dvdrw...

Thats a little worrying in itself since the clips should prevent dislodgement...

I take it the early startup screen (white writing on black background) doesn't display some information concerning a dvd media?

good luck

@Slayer
@Rigo

IT WOKS !!!!!!

Thank you guys for your quick answer.
It was as you assumed - the SATA cble was not correctly plugged.

Now it's okay and I cn use the DVDRW drive.

Again: thanx in advance !!!!!

andi

@fastbit66

Welcome to the world of Real Amiga compatible hardware

@Mikey_C

Thanx a lot !!!

i cant't explain my feelings to be back with a new Amiga system!!!!

I came to Amiga in 1987 with a A500 - the best machine you could buy these days.
THAT WAS FUN AND SUPER COOL

Later on I bought an A4000EC30 - wow it was heaven to me.
As Commodore got bankrupt and Winows stepped more an more on the market I really felt sad about that "evolution"

Someday my A4000 died - SAD DAY for me!!!

As there were no new hardware available for my beloved AMIGA during the dark years I started to use Linux which gave me a little hope for the PC.

Of course used UAE Linux to run AmigaOS.

Now in the present I am really happy and feel completely "All right"
Or with the words of the top group Cream: " I'm so glad I'm glad - I'm glad
- I'm glad"


AMIGA RULEZ !!!!!

It's good to be back with all you Amigans !!!!!!!

Best regards
Andi Friede from Germany

Systems:
A500 with 1 MB RAM Kick1.3 and second floppy drive
AmigaOS 3.9 on PC under UAE (Linux)
SAM440@667 MhZ - 512 MB RAM - AmigaOS 4.1 - DVDRW - 250 GB HD

@fastbit66
OS4.1 (beta) is very nice, especially once you tweak it a bit. You can consider me envious, while I await my Seagate fixing my Sam's HD...!

@ChrisH
Yes Chris - you're right !!!!

I hope your HD coudl be fixed really soon !!!

Have fun !

Andi