>Has anyone replaced their stock HD with an IBM Travelstar 6Gig? It's 9mm
>in height. If anyone can offer any installation advice, I'd appreciate
>it. This will be the first time I've cracked the case on this book.
Hey Beth,
Well, unfortunately, doing this job requires a great deal of disassembly.
Not really for the faint of heart, so if you are adament about doing it
yourself, be careful in there.
The 6 Gb should be fine, size-wise. While Ralph brought up an important
point about heat issues, I'd be a lot more concerned about disrupting the
heat transfer pad for the CPU. I've talked several times with the folks
from Newer about their cards, failure rates and losing contact with the
heat pipe. They claim there is no significant return rate for their
upgrade cards. Our experience has been markedly different, and we
suspect (but cannot prove without their help) that loss of contact
between the CPU and the heat pipe's pad is a contributing factor (if not
the cause) for the G3 upgrade failure rate.
Why would I bring this up with you? Well, to replace your drive, you
will disturb the contact between the 603e chip and this heat pipe contact
pad. And I would wager that most folks wouldn't realize that they should
add a spot of fresh thermal transfer grease during reassembly... thus
potentially setting the stage for thermal damage to their CPU later. It
is for this reason (and several others) that we recommend 2400 owners
have a professional work on their powerbook.
Heat transfer for the hard drive won't be quite as critical -- 'though
it's probably a good idea if folks on this list consider slower drives
(5400 RPM over the 9600s and such -- slower is usually a lower
heat-producing drive). However, you'll also probably need the facilities
to transfer all of your data, too...
Do I sound like Apple? Well, I understand why they were so draconian
about working on the 2400s themselves. The do-it-yourself attitude is a
wonderful thing -- but if you aren't trained by years of experience in
working with microelectronics, you can be your own worst enemy :) Do I
sound like a salesman? Yes, my firm does this kind of replacement, along
with PRAM battery builds and so forth -- and several other quality firms
often post here, too.
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