Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!emory!gatech!udel!sbcs!eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu!dtiberio From: dtiberio@eeserv1.ic.sunysb.edu (David Tiberio) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Finally: how to install an AdIDE Message-ID: <1991Apr9.025044.25725@sbcs.sunysb.edu> Date: 9 Apr 91 02:50:44 GMT Sender: usenet@sbcs.sunysb.edu (Usenet poster) Distribution: na Organization: State University of New York at Stony Brook Lines: 118 I accidentally destroyed an earlier file, so here goes. The joint info: a2000 or a500. 1) Do not tread across any rugs unless you enjoy severe static shocks. 2) Touch something metal before you begin, and even while you are working. Optimally, you would want to have an anti-static wristband. 3) Do not drink or eat while performing this installation. 4) Do not lose any screws. I have never opened the a2000 here, so I can only say what comes to mind. First off, disconnect the power supply and then do whatever else you normally do to open the case. Find an empty drive bay or area in the expansion bay to mount the hard drive. However, the hard drive is the last thing that you will mount. It is a good idea just to make sure that it will fit somewhere before you do any drilling. Also, find the Motarola 68000. It is probably under the drive bay. It will be the longets chip there, and wider than the majority of the other chips (but not the square chip). Using a small flat screwdriver (or a 68000 chip puller), gently pry the 68000 on one end, but do not raise it very high. Alternate sides until the chip is removed, and be careful not to bend any pins or whatever. Note the way that the 68000 goes into the socket and set it aside in a safe place. Even better, just plug it into your IDE controller right away! First place one of the two rows in the socket, then gently squeeze the other side until each pin is aligned. Then push the sucker in. If it looks like some of the pins will bend, then stop. If any of the pins bend, bend them back or call some place that sells 68000 and be prepared to cough up another $5 or so. Next, plug in the IDE controller so that the Motorola is facing properly. In an a500, the interface hangs towards the center of the a500. You may have to bend a capacitor or something if it is in the way (I had to). If you have Kickstart 1.2, move the jumper to the other position. Next, decide whether you will be using an LED for drive access, and drill a hole in your Amiga case or stick it somewhere where you can see it. Plug the LED into the LED pins on the AdIDE. Plug in the interface so that the red stripe is facing the 1.2/1.3 jumper. Obviously, if this doesn't work, plug it in the other way! Connect it to the IDE drive, so that the red stripe faces the center of the drive (or however you get it to work). If you have a 40 pin drive and AdIDE 40, plug in a 4 prong power cable as found within an a2000 or an expansion box (if anyone knows of any expansion boxes, please tell me). If you have an AdIDE 44 and a 40 pin drive, call ICD and ask for a custom cable, or try Computer Shopper. If you have AdIDE 44 and a 44 pin drive, where did you get the 44 pin drive?! I want one! Well, anyway, you probably also have the little heat shield with the tripod plastic feet. Sit it somewhere and mount the drive. If you have a 40 pin drive and an a500, either mount it in the floppy bay or hope that it is no taller than one inch and stick it perpendicular to the floppy drive (remove the a500 heat shield, or cut it). Try to make it as secure as possible. If you have an a500 and a 40 pin IDE drive and an AdIDE 40, you will have to find some way to connect the power (even an expansion box for SCSI drives should do). Do a low-level format of the drive, then do an FFS format for 1.3 kickstart partitions (but not AMAX-2 partitions). For 1.2 kickstart, do a generic format (or get kickstart 1.3). If you want an AMAX-2 partition, name it AMAX0: or AMAX1: etc, and place the proper software driver in the appropriate dir of your Workbench. Then boot AMAX-2 and you should see a little icon that has AMAX written on it, and it should ask to format the drive. Select OK. If it formats in less than the blink of an eye, something is wrong. It may not have been able to find the right driver for the IDE drive, so you may as well stick them all in the dir or something. If you read the file for the drivers you will see a list of compatible drives. For my ICD boot disk I had to provide the path name to find the MORE program to read the driver files. Connect the power LED to the drive and stick it through a hole in the case or whatever you want to do with it. Even if the power light comes on when you are testing it, it doesn't necessarily mean that the power is connected (sounds hard to believe, but true for my Connor 3044). Well, I hope I didn't leave anything out, but for those of you who need it: 5) Put the case back on. 6) Plug in the power. NOTE: do not turn the power on until AFTER the case has been replaced, unless you feel lucky! 7) Stand a few feet back in case anything explodes (just joking). Well, my source for 44 pin drives did not come through. When I called to see how it was coming, I was told that the order was canceled because it is only being released to corporations and stuff, and that I would have to wait 90 days to get one. Some drive model numbers (off the top of my head): Connor CP3000, CP3024, CP3044, CP3104, etc. 3.5 inch, 1" high usually expect $300 for the 40 meg CP3044, 25 ms Connor CP2024, CP2044 2.5 inch, very short expect $340 for 20 meg CP2024, $450 for CP2044, 23 ms WD 9-3044A 40 meg drive, 3.5 inch, taller than 1 inch, uses more power can get one for $200 if you look hard enough, 28 ms PrairieTek 20, 40, or 60 meg 2.5 inch hard drives Don't know much about them...a recent Amiga mag had an ad, but I never saw the ad again, after checking AWorld, AComputing, AC Tech, INFO. Has anybody seen the Prairie Tek ad? I think they make a controller too! 3.5 inch drives: KC-40GA Seagate ST157 <---- not that great Quantum P40A <---- Good - fast and small Miniscribe 8 If anybody knows where to get 44 pin drives, please let me know! Or if you know a good way to use a 40 pin drive with a 44 pin controller, let me know too! David -- David Tiberio SUNY Stony Brook 2-3481 AMIGA DDD-MEN -- Any students from SUNY Oswego? Please let me know! :)