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Title: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: portarinos on June 01, 2007, 06:47:45 PM

I recently received as a gift from a friend a bare A1200 motherboard but the IDE connector seems to have 2 loose pins. What do you suggest i should do? Try to solder them (if sth like that could be practically be done) or could i replace the ide connector with an new one? Any tricks and hacks?

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: keropi on June 01, 2007, 06:52:35 PM

hey man!
just try to solder them, I don't see any other solution...
and missing? how come? they were bend/broken?

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: rkauer on June 01, 2007, 09:44:09 PM

What pins?

Can u post a photo?

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: Colani1200 on June 01, 2007, 11:19:21 PM

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keropi wrote:
missing? how come? they were bend/broken?

I had that phenomenon with an A600 once. Lost a whole bunch of pins without really straining the connector or anything. Very strange, like the pins got porous or something. Maybe some poor quality revision  :getmad:

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: Homer on June 02, 2007, 12:00:53 AM

I've seen it with NavMan GPS pcb's, which have a similar pin arrangement. They pull off the pcb when you lift the cable off   :cry:

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: amiga92570 on June 02, 2007, 01:37:12 AM

they certainly shouldn't pull off the board as they are thru-hole on the 1200. :getmad:

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: amigakid on June 02, 2007, 04:40:49 AM

I'd tap it with a soldering iron

Title: Re: Loose IDE pins. Suggestions please!!!
Post by: motorollin on June 02, 2007, 09:03:36 AM

Get a Blizzard with a SCSI kit and then let the IDE connector rot ;-)

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moto