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Post #4 by meall
Source Forum68kMLA
CategoryPeripherals
Post DateSat, 18 Jul 2009 - 04:36
Original URLhttps://68kmla.org/bb/threads/installing-internal-hd-in-a-ii-gs.17862/
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Hi,

I've looked at what I have, and I'm unsure how to follow this project. Let's see:

I reopen my IIgs and looked inside it. There is no such thing as a way to get a 3.5" HD power from the internal PS, and I want something clean, not an external PS to replace an external HD. I removed the SCSI card from it to have a better look at the task at hand.

I remembered that I have a PB140 that is defective. It has a perfect size 40 meg HD. I refuses to boot. Not sure if it is the HD that is to blame or a SCSI/motherboard issue. The display is also erratic, so that may well be the MB. So I removed the HD from it tonight to look at it.

Now, I can see that the HD from the PB has no such thing as a power cord. Maybe that come from the SCSI bus? Anyway I can test the HD on a standard old SCSI mac?

I though that, att first, the SCSI cable was like the one on the SCSI card. But no. The nap from the HD is not really the same type as the connector on the SCSI card. And the connector on the SCSI card is kind of fixed there somehow. Since I do not want to break the card, I'd like opinion on how to fit those 2 together.

Thanks

mp.ls