Beastbits got a new HDD and caddy fitted.
Beastbits got a new HDD and caddy fitted. Oh what a carry on.
Received the parcel this morning. Realised I’d forgotten to order a SATA cable. Great start. So I had to get one from in town.
Fitting the HDD in the caddy was a piece of piss. And much easier than I thought it was going to be… exactly why I thought it was going to be difficult escapes me. But fitting the caddy to the case turned out to be a laughing matter.
Pushed it in first, and noticed it would only go half way. That was interesting. Why?
I examined around the case edge, in case there was something stopping it. And then I discovered what WAS stopping it… the motherboard, of all things. What a stupidly designed case.
So, I placed it in the slot above. And the power lead wouldn’t reach it. So at the minute, I’m left with the caddy sticking out of the case, with the motherboard stopping it moving any further. Not sure what can be done for that.
Now, time to attempt the data cable. What could be difficult about that, I thought? Famous last words. Two large capacitors on the TV card were blocking it. The first one was in use. So out comes the telly card. Too early to say if it’ll find a home in another machine.
The whole network got an upgrade, going from the 10Mb/s restriction the old hub had, to 100Mb/s. Definitely noticeable, and makes VNC pretty decent.
