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Installing Hard Drive on MDD

· Software · 3 posts · Apr 9, 2005 — Apr 10, 2005 View original thread ↗

#1 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 - 15:41

I'm installing a 250GB UltraATA/100 drive in the rear bay of my Dual 1ghz MDD. But it seems that I'm stuck at step one. I can't seem to remove the drive carrier from the chasis. I've pulled the plastic tab, etc. but the damn thing just won't budge. Am I doing something wrong? Do I need to be pulling out the plastic tab further, or at the same time as I'm trying to pull out the drive carrier? I hear one "snap" when I pull the plastic tab away from the computer--should I be pulling it further? Also, is there any particular way to get leverage to pull out the drive?

I don't want to force it and end up breaking it, but if anyone could provide me with some more detailed instructions on it (I'm sure it's something simple/stupid that I'm missing), or perhaps point me to a page on the web, I would be most appreciative.

Cameron

#2 Sat, 9 Apr 2005 - 21:24

It seems that Apple's manual is in fact somewhat lacking. I was able to remove the carrier and install the drive... Apparently, there is a screw that you have to take out to get the carrier out of the computer, which is not shown or mentioned in the manual (neither the one I have or the one online).

So, crisis averted.

#3 Sun, 10 Apr 2005 - 01:30

I was going to tell you about the screw but it seems I am a bit late. I had the same problem though and since I don't have a magnetized screwdriver here at school I never put the screw back in. Also, if you added a second drive you may want to consider moving one drive the other ATA channel. This will allow better airflow, but will more importantly allow you to read/write to both drives at the same time giving you a nice speed improvement if you copy between drives.