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- From: para@Walden.mo.net (Beakman's Secret Identity)
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- Subject: Re: A1200 Hard Drive Problems...
- Date: 2 Mar 1996 07:57:17 GMT
- Organization: Deranged Social Workers
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- Just an update for everyone: The drive is now working.
-
- The drive is an IBM 170+M drive. (I think it is actually 172M, though it
- formats to about 167M.)
-
- I purchased it new for about $80 (which is a rather nice price for a 2.5"
- drive. ;) but it DOES have the slow spin-startup problem.
-
- Before I had, as someone suggested, cut the red pin line. And it didn't work.
-
- Then someone mentioned that the red pine line should be the closest to
- the front of the Amiga, which was not correct.
-
- Turns out that the cable on my IDE connector was upside-down, and I had
- actually cut the other wire. So just turning the cable around, and poof!
- It works fine. ;)
-
- Although, I wish I had a smaller IDE cable now. :p (It is a 6 inch cable
- which came with my 2.5" drive. :p The one I ordered from Software Hut had
- a pin-hole filled, yet my 1200 motherboard has ALL of the pins, so I
- wanted to avoid breaking any pins off the motherboard. :P
-
- But thanks to everyone who helped me with this.
-
- I am now rather happy and expect to be leeching files from Aminet and
- other sites for the next 3 days straight. :p
-
- Thanks!
-
- ParaPsykotic (DSW)
- Tony Bossaller
- para@mo.net
- http://mo.net/para
-
-