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- * HARD DRIVE HELPER *
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- * CONNECTING *
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- * CABLES *
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- VER 4.0
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- copyright 1990, 1991, DaneTech, Box 2311, Evergreen, CO 80439
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- FOR MORE OF "HARD DRIVE HELPER" SEE THE FOLLOWING FILES.
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- A:> HARDLIST
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- A:> COMMENTS
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- A:> ATTYPE
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- A:> FLOPPY
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- > AS PRIZES AT COMPUTER SWAPS
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- Connecting the cables between your hard drive and the controller card
- looks quite simple...but if you get one of the connectors on backward, it
- can be a real pain trying to figure out why your hard drive is not working.
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- There is a simple rule to follow which will make the cable installation
- very easy. The rule is just keep track of the "RED" stripe on the side of
- the cable.
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- Look at the illustration below. On the controller card there are three
- places to connect a cable. There is one 34 PIN connector (2 rows of 17 pins)
- and two 20 PIN connectors (2 rows of 10 pins each).
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- You will notice on the illustration and on your controller card there
- are numbers by each of the corner pins of the connector. On the 34 PIN con-
- nector, there are the numbers 1 and 2 at one end of the connector, and the
- numbers 33 and 34 on the other end of the connector.
- Although this is the numbering system used on most connectors, other
- connectors may use a slightly different system. Don't let that throw you,
- all you are interested in is finding the number 1. Some connectors will
- only have the number 1, and no other numbers.
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- 2 34
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- As you can see, the same type system is used on the 20 PIN connector.
- 1 and 2 on one end of the connector, and 10 and 20 on the other end. Here
- again, the numbering system may be different. All you want to do it find
- the number 1 pin.
- NOTE: YOU WILL WANT TO CONNECT YOUR 20 PIN CABLE TO THE CONNECTOR
- THAT IS THE CLOSEST TO THE 34 PIN CONNECTOR.
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- Now, the TRICK is to just connect the side of the cable with the "RED"
- stripe next to the number 1 on each connector.
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- Although this seems very simple, you would be supprised how many people
- even the professionals, who occiationally screw this up, just because they
- don't remember the TRICK.
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- Now, for the other end of the cable. The disk drive has two connectors
- that are actually part of the circuit board. The other end of your cable
- has a connector with a slit across it that will plug onto the circuit
- board connector.
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- Notice, on the connector that is part of the circuit board. It has
- little "GOLD CONTACTS" that stick out. One of the connectors has 17 con-
- tacts, and the other one has 10. At one side of both of these connectors
- about 2 contacts from the end, there is a notch in the connector.
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- What you want to do is take the connector on the end of your cable
- and slip it on to the circuit board connector...keeping the "RED" stripe
- at the same side of the connector as the notch.
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- Do this on both of the connectors. Now your cables are connected and
- you are ready to go....ALMOST.
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- Located on the back end of the board is a rectangular shaped white
- power connector. Take one of the power lines (WITH 4 WIRES) and plug it
- into this connector. Don't worry, you can't get in backwards...it will
- only go in one way.
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- See how quick and easy that was. Now, turn on your computer and get
- out your DOS manual. You are all ready to initialize and format your
- hard drive.
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