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Installation requires disassembly of the A1200 which may void your warranty. The installation is more difficult than installing a 2.5" IDE drive. First, the A1200 must be taken apart. If you have an IDE drive, it must be disconnected from the motherboard and the drive reseated in its cradle. A plastic sheet is placed on the shielding to provide insulation, and then a small circuit board is press-fitted onto the IDE header on the motherboard. I had problems with this step because I couldn't see if the header was seated properly. (After my first attempt, the IDE drive didn't work, which is a sign that some connector is improperly aligned.) The cable from the IDE drive is then plugged into the circuit board. Then the SCSI cable is installed. This requires removing the floppy drive, removing the cover for the spare port, plugging a cable into the circuit board and installing the other end (DB25 header) using the supplied mounting plate. Finally everything is reassembled. The installation software will either install the drivers on an IDE drive or make a bootable floppy (not tested). Installation on the A600 is similar except the SCSI cable sticks out of the back instead of being bolted to the chassis.