Rob, you can search the DuoList archives here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/duolist%40lists.themacintoshguy.com/
You can also find some disassembly instructions here:
http://www.sarofax.com/mac2400/... Hardware:Upgrades
The CPU upgrade movie link is broken, but I have it if you really
want it. (39MB) You have to go deeper for the harddrive upgrade.
Another useful tip is to take a piece of tape and place the screws on
it in the order of disassembly.
Cheers...
On Apr 10, 2007, at 4:22 AM, Rob Johnstone wrote:
Hey Josh,
Thanks for the advice - very much appreciated. I'll let you know
how I go :)
Cheers and thanks,
Rob
On 10/04/2007, at 5:10 PM, Josh Keady wrote:
Nope, I tried a large ATA-6 hard drive in my 2400 and it
absolutely refused to see it. I ended up getting a 6 gig
Travelstar and it works just fine.
As far as an installation guide goes, don't have that either but
you do have to take a lot of the machine apart to get at the
drive. A good thing to do when you first take a PowerBook apart
is to take a piece of paper and assume its perimeter is the
perimeter of the base of the PowerBook. Then as you remove
screws, mark their locations on the paper. Or if you know the
names of components, you can just make a list of the lengths of
screws and through what components / general locations they
attach. The big thing is making sure you get all of the long
screws through the boards in to the chassis. Some long screws
will fit where short ones are supposed to go, but most/no short
screws will fit where long screws are supposed to go.
Just go really slowly and watch that you don't yank the ribbon
cables, you should be fine.
Josh
On Apr 9, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Rob Johnstone wrote:
Hi All,
I haven't worked out how to search old postings to the list - is
it possible?
What I'm interested in is a new hard drive for my PowerBook - it
hasn't arrived yet but I'm in planning mode. Anyway, when I
checked hard drives on OWC, they come up with ATA/6 options - but
LowEndMac warns that the drive controller in pre-G4 PowerBooks is
incompatible with ATA-6 hard drives. Is ATA/6 OK?
Anyone have installation guides?
Cheers,
Rob
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