[SPARCbook] S3GX battery/charging problem, HDD upgrade

[Chris Hooper]

There is currently one of these adaptors being sold on ebay:
    http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3042441981&category=11175

This particular one can handle drives up to just under 8 GB,
but from what I have read, 6 GB is popularly recommended.
The only reason I can identify this board is that I just
had my SPARCbook 3GX's drive open a few days ago.

There are usually two metal mounting rails that separate the
drive from the controller board.  This auction doesn't seem
to show those rails, so you may need to make your own
separator.  Rubber feet would probably work fine.

-Chris Hooper



> In message <1061294150027706 at lycos-europe.com>, you write:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I recently bought an S3GX. The guy who sold it said that it had a working
>> battery, however when I try to boot
>> the system without the AC plug connected, nothing happens.
>> So it seems that the battery is not charged. Also, when I run it on AC, I
>> don't see anything on the LCD battery
>> indicator.
> 
> I can't offer any help on this one, sorry.
> 
>> Another question: since I got the 1.2 GB SCSI drive I need to get a IDE->SCSI
>> converter to upgrade the
>> harddrive. I've found one at
>> http://www.addonics.com/products/hub_adapter_converter/ide_scsi.asp  that
>> sells at ~$89. Will this work with the Sparcbook?
>> Oh, one more thing... Guess I could just by a larger SCSI disk if I wanted,
>> right? (Not that it is an option, since
>> SCSI disks are fairly expensive, just curious...)
> 
> That adapter is for 3.5" drives, your sparcbook has a 2.5" SCSI disk in it.  
> You need the hard-to-find 2.5" IDE->SCSI adapter.  I bought one a few months 
> back from caldrives.com for $150, but they don't seem to list them any more.
> 
> -- 
> Michael Parson
> mparson at bl.org