Hi Thanks for replying, that is the cable I attempted to describe

I thought it would just require a push like my 600 I've taken apart but it just doesn't seem to want to stay in there or even press down. Its almost like something is jamming it but I can't see any blockages, hmmmm might require a bit more force but I've already given it a fair old press.

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Oh Dear!

Well I've played around with the cable and managed to get the three figured salute working, then I plugged the HDD back in just to test the whole system. The HDD cable must have been touching something as it started smoking and now doesn't look too healthy.

tbh it's only a 40mb HDD I had kicking around from a 600, so I'm thinking I might buy a 2gb flash drive with adapter but actually use it on the 600 the HDD came from as its got a custom paint job and its going to be my main amiga.

So basically, I'm thinking of buying:

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Amiga-1200-600...item4a9b82f0de

but just not sure if its a good price as I think I could buy it all sperately and save a few quid, the pre-install would be handy as I have no idea where my install discs are.

Any thoughts?