[SPARCbook] S3GX battery/charging problem, HDD upgrade

[Sunder]

I've had some experience with these controllers... usually when you use
newer drivers, you can't quite fit the rails in exactly, and that's
probably why they're not included. :)  

Yup, rubber feet are the way to go.

Also, a good thing to do is to put rubber feet on top of the corners of
the drive as well as the corners of the board because the newer drivers
are far thinner than the old ones used in the SparcBook 3's.  Unless you
want your hard drive bouncing around that is. :)

Be careful with the feet though, you'll want the small foam ones, not the
solid rubber ones.  Also make sure you don't cover the breath hole on the
drive, and never put the feet on the body of the drive - only on the
corners.  It is possible to apply pressure to the middle of the drive
(body) - if you do this, you may damage the drive.  Big foam feet are bad
as they'll cook the drive.  You may need to stack 2-3 foam feet on top of
each other depending on the thickness of the ones you get.  (Got mine from
Radio Shack.)

You'll want a snug fit once the tray goes back on.  Not too tight, but you
don't want the drive rattling around loose in the tray either.


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On Fri, 22 Aug 2003, Chris Hooper wrote:

> 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.