Re: Disk ][ Drives not working

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast DOT net>]

"Wayne Stewart" <waynes@telus.dotnet> wrote in message
news:OPjFc.80314$E84.24171@edtnps89...
: Bill Garber wrote:
:
: > I have actually tried several times to plug it on that
: > way, one pin left or right, and it is very difficult.
: > The pins with no holes over them have solid material over
: > them. That actually bend the pins outward. I believe the
: > most common error is as I described with a whole row off.
: > Very easy to do and it really looks like it on correctly,
: > unless you are looking closely.
: >
: > Has anyone ever tried to connect it with the cable on the
: > card side? Not an easy task either.  :o)
:
: On quite a few cards I have, a previous owner had pulled the
cable
: off in such a way as to bend the pins at one end outward a fair
bit.
: On those cards there wouldn't be any problem connecting the
cable
: one pin over.
:
: I tried that too and I found that I had no difficulty hooking
up the
: Drive one cable backwards. Drive two would have been harder. If
Apple
: had used a keyed connector on their cable it would have made
that
: impossible. If they'd done it on the card as well it would have
saved
: a lot of drive repairs.

Hence the reason for their leaving it that way.
More repairs means more dealers order more parts,
and more parts means more money in their pockets. :o)

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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