I can't really help with your problem, but you might get a better response from people if the subjects of your postings are more relevant to the problem. Something like "Adding 2nd hard drive to A3000" would be better than "perhaps you could help me with this". That way people who see the subject and know about the problem are more likely to read the thread, rather than diregarding "please help" subjects.
Just a friendly tip :-)
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moto