cs441215@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs441215) (01/31/91)
Since my local amiga dealer wants $150 for a new internal drive, I was wondering if an A2000 second internal drive would make a suitable replacement for the one in my A500 (ooh, an epson!). In other words, will it fit, and if anyone has done this, what brand did you use and what modifications had to be made? Thanks! Larry Augsburger CS441215@umbc5.umbc.edu
s1013734@usage.csd.oz (Peter Urbanec,5SK,6621322,6621322) (02/15/91)
From article <4920@umbc3.UMBC.EDU>, by cs441215@umbc5.umbc.edu (cs441215): > > Since my local amiga dealer wants $150 for a new internal drive, I was > wondering if an A2000 second internal drive would make a suitable > replacement for the one in my A500 (ooh, an epson!). In other words, will > it fit, and if anyone has done this, what brand did you use and what > modifications had to be made? Well, there are some complications but you can put an A2000 floppy drive into an A500. The drive will behave OK but it won't exactly fit. I fixed this problem by cutting a piece of metal from the top of the disk drive just above the place where your disk is inserted. It is best to use a pair of side cutters to get rid of the excesive shielding because if you use a saw or a file you could contaminate the diskdrive with the filings (The metal particles would also destroy any disk you insert.) Some A2000 disk drives have little doors on them so you will also need to detach that. The button will probably need changing as well because the A500 needs a longer button in order for it to stick out of the case. You can use the one from the old A500 drive. There are also little mounting feet on the A500 that support the drive above the motherboard just unscrew them from the old drive and put them onto the new one. One last thing, if your replacement drive was used as DF1: on the A2000 you will need to change a jumper on the drive. You must find a jumper called DS0 and a jumper called DS1. The DS1 connection will shorted. You must move the jumper from the DS1 position to the DS0 position. That should fix the problem. The exchange of the drives isn't very simple but if it can save you $150 go for it. If you are handy with tools it should take you about 20-30 minutes. +------------------------------------------------------+ | Peter Urbanec s1013734@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au | | University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia | +------------------------------------------------------+ | The only sin is stupidity | | - Unknown. | +------------------------------------------------------+