First post, by ujav
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When I first heard about CF to IDE adapters, I thought it's 100% compatible with every card, since Compact Flash is basically compact IDE, also every card should(?) work with voltages from 3.3 to 5V.
Only complicated part is an old hardware, BIOS limits etc, but any card itself should work?
So, I bought simple adapter (black one), found old 32mb card for testing and it working just fine. But then I tried 4Gb 233x card, and it's not recognized, no matter what I do. 3.3V jumper just hangs the system during boot, slave/master not doing anything. I tried couple of computers, old and new one, the newest what I have with IDE connector, with the same outcome. 4Gb always "no drive detected", 32mb always works.
Another strange thing, I tested them in a 17in1 usb card-reader, and I have vice versa. 4Gb working there, but 32mb not, like no media inserted.
So, just, what is going on here?