Easy- Just unplug the drives, remove the small screw that hold the sled to the frame, remove the 4 screws on the sides. Get an extra sled and put the new drive next to the remaining one instead of "piggybacked", it won't run as hot and will last longer. You didn't say which OS you are running but when you startup with the new drive you should get a message that guides you to initialize the new hard drive. If you want a drive larger than 128 GB I prefer to use a PCI controller card (you can use software to "see" the drive but you will still have to split it into partitions). SATA controller cards and drives are readily available; I use a FirmTek. The processor isn't too hard to do but different brands have different installaton procedures. I have some Sonnets, OWCs and PowerLogix upgrades, the Sonnet is easiest of all to install.
On Oct 6, 7:07 pm, Jasiu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have two hard drives in my 400 MHZ Sawtooth G4. One is piggybacked > on top of a smaller one. The larger one apparently took a dive, > because the system doesn't see it and the machine makes a "accessing- > type sound". My question is how difficult is it to change out this > drive. Is it just a matter of unplugging the cables and removing the > 4 small screws that are on the sides? I guess I am limited to 128 > GB. How do I format the new drive? How difficult is it to change the > processor? I have 1.5 gigs of RAM --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
