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From: paleo@uncecs.edu (Constantine A. LaPasha)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware
Subject: A2500/30 hard drive location-physical mounting question
Keywords: A2500 HardDrive mounting
Message-ID: <1990Apr10.183730.3929@uncecs.edu>
Date: 10 Apr 90 18:37:30 GMT
Organization: UNC Educational Computing Service
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Recently got an A2500/30.  On first power-up it refused to boot from
the hard drive.  This turned out to be a loose power connector on the 
Quantum drive - fixed, no sweat, and everything seems to work fine.
Now, since we wanted to install a second 3.5" floppy drive in the 
machine, I needed to relocate the Quantum drive somewhere since it
was where the floppy was to go.  Discovered at this time that three
of the four shock-mounts on the Quantum drive were not intact in the 
"as-shipped" condition.  

Question on remounting the Quantum drive:

1) Can anyone forsee any problems with mounting the Quantum drive in
the 5.25" drive bay, using a 3.5->5.25 adapter bracket?  This would
mount the drive by the mounting holes on the two sides of the drive
and leave about .25" and .5" of space below and above the drive 
respectively (mounted).  The original rubber shock mounts would NOT
be used. 
2) If I don't use the rubber shock mounts (as in 1 above), what kind
of risks would I be running?  If I really need to use those little
rubber shock mounts, where can I get some that are still intact,
hopefully that won't fall apart too soon.

(BTW - the system does get moved occasionally, but generally well
packed and padded)

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Kostya LaPasha          paleo@ecsvax.uncecs.edu
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