mcfarlan@author.ecn.purdue.edu (McFarlan) (05/21/91)
I need help on installing aother hard drive in to my pc. I know just
enough about computers to make myself dangerous I think. So I really
need help form you netters that really know computers. He goes.
Presently I have a KAYPRO PC-10 computer. XT class I believe, since
I recently ran a program to check out the hard drive that classified
it a XT, not AT as I had thought (bought this from a friend, and that's
what I though he said). Has 640K Ram, 20 Meg ST-225 MFM hard drive,
2 360K Floppy drives, Dual Speed (4.77 mHz/ 8.0 Mhz) switchable
Processor, MS-DOS 3.2. 8087-2 Math coprocessor, EGA monitor.
The question pertains to adding a ST-251-1 Hard drive to my system.
Power supply ia MOdel PSA-1354IS PHIhong 115v/2.8A. It has an extra
cable for power supply (a total of 4).
The Hard drive presently is attached to a card WD1002A-WX1. half-card
It has a 34-pin connector going to hard drive (J1)
a 20-pin connector going to hard drive (J2)
and an open 20-pin connector (J3)
Hard drive and disk drive connected by cable to a full board that my
mouse and printer are attached to at the back of the PC.
That's the story. If I just bought the Hard Drive, what else would
I need in order to connect all the correct peices together? How should
they be connected? How do I partition the new 40 Meg hard drive?
Do I need to buy another controller card? Will my power supply handle
the new hard drive? You help will be greatly appreciated!
Please e-mail me since I will be trying to get the hard drive as soon
as possible. Thanks
Vernon McFarland
mcfarlan@author.ecn.purdue.edu
or mcfarlan@ecn.purdue.edu