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- So, You want to fit an Internal I.D.E Hard Drive ?
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- Well, Read on.....
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- ***** WARNING *****
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- THIS PROCEDURE WILL INVALIDATE YOUR 1 YEAR WARRANTY. DO NOT
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- PERFORM THIS PROJECT UNLESS YOUR WARRANTY HAS ALREADY EXPIRED.
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- THIS PROCEDURE (IF NOT FOLLOWED CORRECTLY) COULD SERIOUSLY DAMAGE
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- YOUR A1200. "CHANNEL Z" CAN ACCEPT ** NO RESPONSIBILITY **
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- WHATSOEVER FOR ANY DAMAGES THAT MAY OCCUR DURING THIS PROCEDURE
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- BEING CARRIED OUT BY THE USER. IF YOU ARE IN ANY DOUBT,
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- DO NOT CARRY OUT THIS PROCEDURE.
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- Right then, lets begin.
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- First of all unplug All the wires from your A1200 and turn it
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- upside down on a flat surface, and remove the FIVE screws that are
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- holding the casing together.
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- Now carefully turn the computer back over (so its the right way
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- round and remove the top cover being careful not to remove the
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- wires connecting the LED lights (on the cover) to the Main Board.
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- Now lift the keyboard up being VERY CAREFUL not to remove the
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- cable connecting the keyboard to the computer, and lie the keyboard
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- down on the upturned top cover of the computer.
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- Now you will see the metal casing around the computer and you will
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- also see the Hard Drive cradle, remove this from the computer.
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- (it is only resting on the board on four small legs)
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- Now get your cradle and turn it upside down, so that the four
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- legs are facing upwards. now turn it so that the single rest is at
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- the top and the keyboard rests are nearest to you.
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- Now holding the I.D.E Drive with
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- the cable to the right handside of the drive you can put the cradle
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- on top of the drive. Now line up the holes in the drive-cradle
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- with the holes in the drive-casing and insert the four screws that
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- should have been supplied with the Hard Drive.
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- Now look for the Hard Drive connector, it is to the left of the
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- space that has been left by the cradle (it is a rectangular group
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- of pins sticking up from the board ! )
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- Now holding the drive in your left hand (with the wires still on
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- the right hand side) connect the Hard Drive wire to the connection
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- on the computer. making sure that the pins and holes are all lined
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- up correctly.
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- When this is done you can flip the drive over and return the cradle
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- to its original possition. Now replace the keyboard on top of the
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- computer and then replace the upper cover,carefully flip it over
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- again and insert the screws.
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- Now flip it back over again, insert the wires into the back of the
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- computer and you have just installed your very own hard drive !
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- If you don't have a Hard Drive Install Disk, One is now available
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- from ELM COMPUTING
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- Cookson Street
- Blackpool
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- for £1.50.
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