Re: Restoring my Vulcan HD - Progress report

["atfphotography@gmail.com" <atfphotography@gmail.com>]

On Aug 10, 7:39 am, Steven Hirsch <snhir...@gmail.com> wrote:
> atfphotogra...@gmail.com wrote:
> >> So, here's the part I need some feedback on:  If I turn the drive upside down,
> >> the power connector clears with plenty of room to spare.  What I am not sure
> >> about is the wisdom of operating the drive long-term in this orientation.  In
> >> years past, drive vendors specified orientation as one of the physical
> >> mounting parameters, but I cannot find anything on the Conner CP3104 that gets
> >> to that level of detail.  I believe Seagate bought out Conner, but they have
> >> next to nothing on their website under Conner and absolutely nothing on this
> >> model.
>
> >> Any opinions on running the drive upside down?
> > I remember seeing pictures of the Seagate ST-125-A 20 megabyte drive
> > that specifically showered _not_ to run the drive upside down. It's
> > not the same model but at least something similar of the period.
>
> That's what I'm afraid of.  There were usually warnings about orientation.
> Generally right-side-up or 90-degrees.
>
> > Would it be possible to get one of the molex connectors that is a 4
> > pin with the right angle? I remember some of my external hard drive
> > cases have these so they can get the drives to fit.
>
> I tore through all my junk drawers and bins looking for a shorter form-factor
> connector.  No joy.  Don't recall ever seeing a right-angle cable connector,
> although some hard drives had the PCB mount male standing up at right angles
> to the board.  Unfortunately, there's not enough clearance to do this with the
> Conner drive.
>
> At this point, I'm thinking I'll unsolder the PCB connector from the drive and
> tack on the power leads directly.  Inelegant, but it will permit me to mount
> the drive rightside up.

Hello,

Hang on a sec before you do that and let me see if I can find one
here. It'll be a lot easier than having to unsolder that connector
from the drive. You went this far to make the setup rock. Definitely
share pics when done!

Drop me a note and I can check tonight.

ATF