While I eagerly awaited it's arrival, I began preparing my Micronik Infinitiv Tower for the conversion. The first thing I did was remove the old Zorro II cards, the Micronik busboard and the stock power supply. A few days later the Hercules 500W ATX Power Supply arrived and so I installed it...perfect fit! No modifications needed. So far so good! After 2 1/2 grueling weeks of eagerly awaiting the Mediator TX, it finally arrived...my first impressions:
My first impression was I couldn't believe how small the package was! I raced home from the post office and ripped it open. There it was the Mediator TX in all it's glory. After using a Micronik ZII board for so long, I couldn't get over how small this thing was!! Everything was nicely packaged, it included a nice color manual, with an updated TX insert page, some screws and spacers and the Multimedia CD.
After carefully reviewing the directions, I began my installation. The board mounted up to the A1200 motherboard like a champ! It was a breeze. I used one of the spacers provided and once it was mounted, verified the jumper settings were correct, and I slid the board back into the Infinitiv case and attached the ATX PS lead and began adding all my pci cards. I put the Voodoo3 in the first slot, the TV card in the third slot, sound card in the fourth and Ethernet in the fifth slot. I had read on the mailing list (I did a lot of that while I awaited the TX to arrive) that there would be some installation issues with the pci boards in the Infinitiv, but to my surprise, everything pretty much lined up and didn't require any spacers or anything. Now came the moment of truth...I plugged it in and turned it on. Nothing. My heart sank. I knew the Power Supply was good, because I had tested it in an old pc (after I remembered the ATX had to be plugged into the motherboard to run). So what could be the issue? I looked at the Mediator board again, remembered what I had read on the mailing list and quickly realized I would need to attach a power switch to the "Power SW" connector. Since the Infinitiv front case power switch (red button) is completely different, I decided to try the Infinitiv's "Reset" lead (black button), which was dangling there useless anyhow and was a perfect fit to the connector. Voila! It worked!! The only catch is that I have to hold it depressed for a few seconds until it is energized during startup, but otherwise it works flawlessly and powers it down with a quick tap as well!!!