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From: rodger@hpmrtca.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: 2000 Owners Relax (WAS: Re: 2000 owners beware!)
Message-ID: <1690002@hpmrtca.HP.COM>
Date: 16 Jan 88 11:09:49 GMT
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Organization: HP Magnetic Recording Technology Center
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Posted: Sat Jan 16 06:09:49 1988

/ hpmrtca:comp.sys.amiga / jonny@homxc.UUCP (J.HILL) /  1:16 pm  Jan 13, 1988 /

>The second time I lifted it I noticed that one of the
>34 pins coming up from the motherboard had taken a hike.  Can
>anyone out there guess where it went?  Into the socket, of course.
>Permanently.  It had sheared off completely at the base.
You aren't the first person to notice this.  Someone post a simular note
about someone elses 2000.  Something fishy is going on here.

>Four more brand new 2000's with the same pin severed from the
>motherboard.  You can spot the problem just by looking at the connector
>without removing the socket.  In other words, at least six of the
>machines in his shipment came from the factory with severed disk pins.
Do you spot a trend here?  The same pin, on the same connector?  On almost
all the machines?  What a coincidence!  What are the odds of this happening
by accident?

>My advice to all 2000 owners is to open your cabinets right away and
>check the 3.5 inch drive ribbon cable connector next to the power supply.
>Standing in the front of the machine, it would be the second pin in from
>the back, left hand row.  If yours is gone too, take it back before
>the warranty expires, or you might as well install a can of dog meat
>where the second drive should go.
When I installed my second drive, I noticed this problem too.  I was also
a bit worried, since I didn't want to give up my new 2000, even for a little
while.  So I checked the schematic in the book that came with my 2000 to
see how important that pin was.  Maybe I could get along without it.  Guess
what?  That pin (pin 3, I believe) is a key.  It's supposed to be missing.
Commodore's only mistake is using the cut off pin to plug up the hole,
instead of a more expensive plastic pin.  So, I plug my cable in, put
my 2000 together, and have been using it ever since, without any problems.
I have three drives now, DF0, DF1, (the second internal) and DF2, my
external drive from my 1000.  All work fine.

>
>						Jon Hill
>						Bell Laboratories
>						Holmdel, N. J.
>						Rm. 3k-324
>						201 949-0117
Rodger Anderson (hplabs!hpcea!hpmrtca!rodger)
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