Insertion of Blizzard 1230 and similar boards into a A1200

[Hodgkinson]

Hi,
Does anyone have any knacks or tips for making the insertion of boards such as a Blizzard 1230 into an A1200 trapdoor bay easier and *less painful* (My fingers are still numb and that was two hours ago...).

Im weary about using screwdriver-assist as this tends to chavel the edge of the PCB up quite a lot.

Hope someone can advise me here,

Thanks,
Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

Thanks for the tips!
Its funny you should mention the RF shield since I've had trouble with this before, since then i've added a spacer under the corner nearest the trapdoor slot to correct the problem.
Due to an additional heatsink on the Blizzard card, the only way to get it in and out is with the top of the case off - For some reason the-rather-ancient-looking floppy drive just covers a few mil of the FPU corner of the board, resulting in the floppy drive having to be loosened to get the card to go in.

Just rocking the card to get it to go in doesn't seem to be enough with my system. You have to overcome the springiness of the connecter - Just at one corner is enough - And after that its plain sailing. This requires a surprisingly large force and occasionally a leverage object is required.

As for getting it out, I do the same as moto  :-D

Thanks,
Hodgkinson.

PS. Thumb still slightly numb...