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Best way to revive Crypt Killer w/ bad hard drive? - SOLVED

So I was able to find an in stock SCSI2SD 2.5” SD emulator for the hard drive.

I posted on r/VintageApple on Reddit to try to get more info on why some SCSI2SD devices don’t have pin 41/42 and some do. I guess most people who build them just solder in the full 50 pin headers and drill out pin 41 and 42 on the ribbon cable to blank those pins.

so that’s the plan. Drill out pin 41 and 42 on a new IDC 2MM pitched 50 pin cable and see it Crypt Killer will read the device as the SCSI hard drive.

I probed pin 41 and 42 on the pcb and I can’t find continuity between anything but in case I missed it I’ll still drill the pins out as a guarantee they aren’t connected

I found one photo of it done before. ShouTime has his setup with a SCSI2CF adapter. Photos are terrible and I can’t get any info off them but obv it’s doable.

So yeah...fingers crossed!
 
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Micro SD card flashed with the CHD via CHDMAN and I pulled the plugs on the HDD side connector for pin 41/42 anticipating having to remove the pins

There were no pins, just recesses. Checked with a loupe and probed those two sockets out...no pins

SCSI2SD should be here today or tomorrow...then I will see if this idea has any merit!
 
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awbacon1 said:
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Nice work!
This would be a great option for others who have / will have dead drives in the future. Have you considered making these as replacement kits and selling them? You could get a few buyers for sure. Just a thought.
 
dont run things with metalised mylar bags on them - they conduct.
i saw a guy blow a motherboard like that once!
 
lukemorse1 said:
Nice work!
This would be a great option for others who have / will have dead drives in the future. Have you considered making these as replacement kits and selling them? You could get a few buyers for sure. Just a thought.
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I don't have the bandwidth to produce and sell things between YT and my full time job as a filmmaker. I just solve a problem and send the info out into the world :)

Also the damn SCSI2SD devices are a pain to find in stock at the right pin pitch
 
stj said:
dont run things with metalised mylar bags on them - they conduct.
i saw a guy blow a motherboard like that once!
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really? that's news to me

edit: looked it up....slightly conductive. Well damn...and I've been doing it for years

That board has since been mounted to stand offs anyway
 
it's conductive to disipate static.
anti-static = conductive.
the pink foam is dangerous too.
 
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