on 8/20/04 9:01 PM, flawed jai at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > //////// > ok, got the idea now. > the main thing that both of these prompt me to ask is, > do i then proceed > with the assurance that > it can't do the motherboard > or the drive any harm > if i have the cable turned the wrong way around > at either end? +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [ x ]yes NO MOTHERBOARD DAMAGE RESULTS. > [ ]no > i won't fry something? > [ x ]yes YES, YOU WON'T FRY ANYTHING. > [ ]no +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > and the other aspect, here, is that thanks to the foxconn design of the > sliding drawer motherboard on the back, and the way the front devices [ > cd rom, floppie drive and hard drive] connect to the interface, I can't > see how or where the other end of this cable goes to, and how it makes > contact. not without tearing the entire computer apart, down to taking > apart the metal housing, panel by panel! > so that region, hidden deep in the center of the computer, is going to > have to remain off limits to me at this point. > [this ain't no party! this ain't no disco! this ain't no foolin around. > this ain't no peecee. this ain't no P3. i ain't got time for that now!]] > > so... it sounds like the best i can do, is try the cd boot suggestion, > and watch to see if the hard drive shows up, or what. if it doesn't, > I'll have to wangle around half blindly, trying to turn that cable over, > in a tight, narrow space, where i can't see past the first inch or two, > beyond the plug bar. i hope i dont tear the covering on the cable > against that sharp metal edge. > > if you guys assure me i can't harm the hard drive by plugging the bar in > wrong way round, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [ x ]yes > [ ]no > > then am i safe in beleiving that when i get done wrestling with this > chapter, i can apply the same test to the larger drive i mean to put in, +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > [ x ]yes > [ ]no > > after I've found out if i can even see what's on this drive, and pull > stuff off of it, if i want to save data, to put on the newer one? > > )(*&^%$#@ foxconn design....sometimes these engineers are just too > clever by half...but I WILL beat them. this I vow. > > janet in venice >
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