5 Jun
2013
5 Jun
'13
7:41 a.m.
On 6/5/2013 6:47 AM, Tothwolf wrote:
On Wed, 5 Jun 2013, Jim Brain wrote:
In a word, yes. Whatever elastomer Connor used for the cover gasket in
original 3.5" 20MB drives turns into a sticky, runny, goo over time
and the drive eventually fails. It is very similar to what you see
with many of the black "rubber" feet on the bottoms of peripherals
turning to goo.
Interesting.
The 3-pin connector used as an alternative power connector on these
Connor drives is still available (I can't remember the brand/model
offhand, but they were also used for analog audio for certain sound
cards/cdrom drives). Rather than hack up an original cable, I'd
suggest obtaining the correct connector shell and pins and use it to
supply power a 2.5" to 3.5" adapter board.
If I could trouble you for a
link or a reference number or something, I
would appreciate it. I spent an entire night looking at Digikey for
such a connector, and it might very well be there, but I can't determine
the right keywords to find it. As noted, it looks similar to sound card
audio connectors used on some CD-ROMs, but I don't have any of those
cables to check, and the actual pins seem different.
You could also use a CompactFlash card with a CF to IDE adapter board.
They even make some of these adapters in a 2.5" HDD formfactor which
can be used with a 2.5" to 3.5" mounting bracket.
Yeah, I have one of
those around here as well (could not find it last
night. I figured my question would be valid no matter the specific
target HDD option.
How much memory did you end up with in your 286/SLT? There are 3 slots
under that aluminum box/cover at the center-front of the machine with
the outer plastic shell removed. Those slots can use any combination
of 1MB and 4MB modules, but those modules are proprietary and are
practically impossible to find today.
I have 2 1MB modules.
Be very, very careful with the LCD in these machines. The backlights
are not well supported and are very easily broken. I'm still on the
hunt for a replacement LCD for one of these that's been sitting in my
project pile for /years/.
I have not opened mine, but is it possible to replace
just the
backlight, or is it a single encapsulated unit?
Jim
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