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The 'Blue Lava Systems XT-IDE Deluxe (XT-IDE CF+)', shown at [here]. ( A clone of the Monotech XT-IDE Deluxe Rev1.0, shown at [here]. )...

Here's a mild gripe: I understand that 300h was chosen as the default for XT-IDE because that doesn't interfere with the address range...

I wouldn't say MFM drives in general almost never work, depends on the model. I've got multiple seagate st225 drives that work without...

Any ideas how to troubleshoot/fix the non-working one I have?

Thanks for the suggestion, ordered one. But might be nice to get this one working again at some point to have a spare.

This is a quality option: https://texelec.com/product/isa-ide-to-sd-adapter/ If you really want to stick to CF...

It's like the one in the 2nd link to the thread. I've tried pulling it apart and re-seating it. No luck.

Looking at the card, it says Blue Lava Systems XT-CF Bootable 8-bit CF Interface

I"m not hot swapping anything. I power down the machine anytime I'm removing or changing CF cards. My CF card still contains the same...

When booting, it tries to find a master and slave device, but finds none present, and then tries to fail over to booting to the A...

If "I" was doing something to wear it out, I wouldn't be pissed about the card breaking down. I didn't choose anything, I'm just pissed...

I've struggled to find much in the way of options or choices when it comes to these cards, a few years ago I looked for an XTIDE card...

14 years and still going is excellent, good for you. Not sure how to put one together though. Would love to get my hands on something...

If you're going to design new hardware to use in 30+ year old machines, maybe build it to last a bit longer than 2 years. I know I'd be...

That did the trick, thank you so much, it's working great. It's a bummer about the y2k bug, but updating the autoexec.bat file once a...