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I cleaned the pins, the connectors to the riser, and the port on the Amiga CD32. No effect.


I just wiped the entire map with 99.9% alcohol.

No improvement.

I thought of something... instead of trying to disable the TF330, couldn't we disable the slot at the riser? Put a switch on the riser.

I imagine cutting a line on the riser and putting a switch in its place.

Stupid idea?

Mister_Grave wrote: 26 Mar 2025 16:21 I thought of something... instead of trying to disable the TF330, couldn't we disable the slot at the riser? Put a switch on the riser.

I imagine cutting a line on the riser and putting a switch in its place.

Stupid idea?

that won't work. it's done more physically on later cards but it needs to disable the 030 by setting the bus arb lines correctly. i think there is an issue with your cd32

Do you think the problem is with the CD32 and not the TF330? A capacitor issue?

I don't know if this is relevant, but disabling the TF360 works without any issues.

Mister_Grave wrote: 26 Mar 2025 16:49 Do you think the problem is with the CD32 and not the TF330? A capacitor issue?

I don't know if this is relevant, but disabling the TF360 works without any issues.

Can the TF360 be disabled?

Yes it can.

However, the CD player doesn't work at all when the TF360 is activated, even with the latest firmware that Alen and Supaduper provided me, which was supposed to improve things, because I don't have an FPU on my card.

I don't know if this information is relevant.

Mister_Grave wrote: 26 Mar 2025 21:31 Yes it can.

However, the CD player doesn't work at all when the TF360 is activated, even with the latest firmware that Alen and Supaduper provided me, which was supposed to improve things, because I don't have an FPU on my card.

I don't know if this information is relevant.

Yes that was really odd. I spent ages on the TF360 and it seemed to be working ... then it turns out a different CPU type behaves differently. Which i dont understand yet.

Oh dear...
Do you think a fix is ​​possible for my TF360?
Or should I return it and keep my TF330?
(The ability to use the CD32's CD drive with the TF is essential for me.)

Mister_Grave wrote: 27 Mar 2025 09:37 Oh dear...
Do you think a fix is ​​possible for my TF360?
Or should I return it and keep my TF330?
(The ability to use the CD32's CD drive with the TF is essential for me.)

I will eventually fix it. but i am deep into TF4060 stuff and i'm not switching back to 360 until its done. The CD drive on the CD32 is fairly useless with the 060 anyways. Almost no software works with the 060 straight from the CD as the CDs wont have the 060 libs needed for the TF.

I will fix it but not immediately.

Okay, thanks for the reply. As for my TF330, I guess I just have to send it back to Amigastore.eu. For repair or exchange.