In my experience, 90% of the time, "busy or locked" means "no power to the drive." Have you tried a Transcend 40-pin IDE module? On my MIO, I use a separate +5VDC regulated PS to power the Acard SCSI-IDE adapter which also powers the flash card. I've used that same setup with the MyIDE + Flash, as well as running a +5V out of the Atari. You could have a bad cart, but I really doubt it.
Here's a pic of 3.5F with built-in FDISK. Oops, the flash module has been removed to simulate no power... Oops2, there's no identification that it is 3.5F, but of course, it is...
-Larry
spookt wrote:
Hey Folks
I've been playing with my new MyIDE + Flash cart and so far have had no joy getting things going. I've tried a couple of different IDE to CF adaptors and a number of different CF cards but when I boot the cart the device always shows up as "busy or locked". Oh, I've tried a couple of machines too, including two with different PHI2 mods.
Can anyone tell me what the significance of the LED is ? It is device access ? I turned the machine on yesterday and the LED lit solid and the machine hung at a black screen.
Any tips on getting things going?