How do I know if the HD is 'ked or not? It came all nicely boxed in an antistatic bag with a load of Amiga gear I picked up. Or is there something I have overlooked?
Not much to overlook on this one... Pretty obvious things. Make sure your hd isn't shorting a power lead against a ground. Make sure you have the ribbon cable connected to the proper pins on the HD (not reversed or offset - the cable for a 2.5 has power running in it - a failure here could be very bad!)
Make sure the cable is good. That's about all I can think of.
Finally, if you can, test the HD in a laptop.
The stock A1200 PSU should be enough to at least spin-up an A1200 with hard drive. (It might have heat problems after hours of use, though. The A500 PSU should be plenty sufficient for an A1200 with baseboard and HD.)
