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Hello Wayne - 

WC>  RE: CD drive 

WC>>>>> If it tests OK I'll slap it in the H.P. in the next
WC>>>>> couple of weeks. It worked in a previous machine. 

->>>> I hope it works for you. 

WC>>> Nope, drawer won't respond. Come to think of it that's
WC>>> how I wiped out the NEC by plugging the connector in
WC>>> offset two pins on the end outside :-( 

WC>>> Power through the wrong junctions must have fried the
WC>>> semiconductors. 

WC>>> Goes with getting old eyesight. 

->> I would like to have a chance to hit whoever is responsible
->> for the _lack_ of goof-proofing of IDE cables on the head
->> with a rolled up newspaper at least 100 times or until they
->> were unconscious. I've plugged cables in off by two myself
->> and I can't see a good reason they didn't put an offset
->> slot in the connector to let you know when you 'miss' all
->> those little pins (reaching into a place where you can't
->> even _see_ the pins etc.). 

WC> Or put a plastic bracket around them. Both the 486 and this
WC> machine have them and they're goof proof, the NEC did not
WC> and is dead. Feel a bit less the idiot now I know someone
WC> else has done this. 

I've plugged the IDE cables in offset by a few pins more times
than I'd care to count but never damaged any drives in the
process (somehow). 

->> I suppose a bunch of short cable extensions to allow me to
->> do this in the light of day where I can see what I'm doing
->> might help but no one does that either. :-\ 

WC> Only way to go is build from a kit with selected
WC> components. The versitile Soyo board kit I saw at Tiger
WC> direct has a mid tower case, 5 5" bays and 3 3 1/2 

I agree that would be nice but I also would like to fully
utilize what I have now rather than wait for the 'perfect' setup.

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