Re: Warning on TP 3rd party disk drive carrier(s)

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Date: Mon, 04 Nov 1996 15:15:34 -0600
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From: Michael Redmond <redmond@engr.wisc.edu>
Subject: Warning on TP 3rd party disk drive carrier(s)
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     To further this line of inquiry, I am also looking for
     a 3rd party caddy for a TP701.  PS Solutions will sell them
     for $50, when they get them back in stock.
     
     Does anyone have any experience with the PS Solutions caddy
     in a 701?  I don't think that a 755 mounts a hard drive
     caddy the same way that a 701 does, so there may not
     be a mounting problem.
     
     Thanks,
     
     Mitchell Yee
     mitchell_yee@jud.ca.gov


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Subject: Warning on TP 3rd party disk drive carrier(s)
Author:  Michael Redmond <redmond@engr.wisc.edu> at Internet
Date:    11/4/96 3:15 PM


I put a 19mm drive into my TP755CD using a metal carrier from PS-Solutions. 
I am now finding that the carrier comes loose from the TP connector because 
the wire handle doesn't engage with the "hold down" tabs that are used with 
the original TP case. 
     
I carry my machine around a lot, so I expect it is working loose from 
vibration. I have had scan disk errors that I assume can be attributed to 
bad connection. This can be very "dangerous". PS-Solutions didn't have an 
answer to fix it, though they are willing to have me send it back. For now, 
I put a piece of thick tape over the drive case at the connector end to try 
to get pressure from the closed keyboard to hold it in place. This isn't a 
very good solution in my opinion, but I'll try it for now.
     
I am not sure if other carriers are any better. If you've tried a different 
carrier that utilizes the hold down tabs, I would like to know. I would 
switch to that.
     
Thanks
Mike Redmond