I have a 5160 that runs flawlessly, and a (hopefully) working IBM 5170 I'd like to get up and running.
Currently, it will turn on, the hard drive will attempt to spin up, go "clunk" and then spin down. I'm assuming the drive is toast. It has two 5.25 floppy drives; after the hard drive it will check both drives. Then beep. Given this activity, we can assume it's working as intended, minus the drive that needs to be replaced? Also, one of the floppy drives won't latch - the dial is stuck. And the battery seems to have corroded, but thankfully it hasn't spread to the motherboard. And, finally, I dropped a screwdriver into the PSU and broke the cooling fan, so that'll need to be replaced too. Go figure the 5160 works without hesitation right!
Ideally, what I want to do is replace the MFM hard drive with a small IDE drive, either fix or replace the floppy drive that won't latch, and install a VGA/EGA card so I can have more of a choice of monitors. So: What needs to be fixed, what should be replaced, and what upgrades would be recommended for a nice, but faithful restoration for my 5170?
Currently, it will turn on, the hard drive will attempt to spin up, go "clunk" and then spin down. I'm assuming the drive is toast. It has two 5.25 floppy drives; after the hard drive it will check both drives. Then beep. Given this activity, we can assume it's working as intended, minus the drive that needs to be replaced? Also, one of the floppy drives won't latch - the dial is stuck. And the battery seems to have corroded, but thankfully it hasn't spread to the motherboard. And, finally, I dropped a screwdriver into the PSU and broke the cooling fan, so that'll need to be replaced too. Go figure the 5160 works without hesitation right!
Ideally, what I want to do is replace the MFM hard drive with a small IDE drive, either fix or replace the floppy drive that won't latch, and install a VGA/EGA card so I can have more of a choice of monitors. So: What needs to be fixed, what should be replaced, and what upgrades would be recommended for a nice, but faithful restoration for my 5170?