Hi, I opened a Porsche LaCie external (looks like a small brick with no features at all) with a kitchen knife once and it was a lot of fiddling around. It was a cheap sale item with a 500 GB disk in it. I needed the disk as an internal. When I put a smaller disk back in I broke something on the very fragile controller board and had to trash the thing.
I'd stay away from LaCie. No warranty on the disk when you open up the case. I'm using Diginote made by CoolerMaster external cases now, they have a nice case with two Firewire- and three USB-ports. They use the Initio chip. You can change disks without any tools at all and they have a clever cooling system without fan: http://www.flickr.com/photos/alper/356916936/ Regards, Jörg. On Nov 7, 5:53 am, "Ernest L. Gunerius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Hi Ernest... > > >It has no 'manufacturers data plate' as one might expect one to look > >like. > > >There is a tiny sticker over the firewire ports ...very tiny... with a > >number string on it, but I have no idea whether it's a serial number > >or not. > >That number is: "890311121069C 514" and there really is an empty > >space between the C and 514. > > >It's a nice looking unit and has been problem free as a cd burner in > >the couple of years I've owned it. It would be much nicer to use it as > >a case for my dvd burner or as a HD case. > > >Richard > > >On Nov 6, 8:04 pm, "Ernest L. Gunerius" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> >Update: > >> >The Case appears to be 100% plastic upon taking another look at it. > >> >Someone just advised to 'check under the feet' and that didn't bear > >> >fruit. My assessment -revised- is that the case is constructed of a 5 > >> >sided box with openings at front and rear for firewire jacks and the > >> >drive door area respectively. The bottom plate looks to be a snap in > >> >affair at the ends, but the side seams are damn near perfect and I > >> >wonder if they're glued in. I mis-remembered it being a metal box. > >> >Dang thing annoys me. To tell the truth, seeing flying shards would be > >> >pretty satisfying! > > >> >Richard > > >> >On Nov 6, 5:54 pm, aussieshepsrock <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > > This is pretty straight forward. I have a Lacie FireWire CDRW Case > >> I'd > >> >> like to Open Up, but I can't figure out how to do it without breaking > >> >> parts or pieces of the housing. Shattering Shards Sliding through the > >> > > Ether isn't something I'm neccessarily opposed to, but if I can avoid > > >> Richard; > > >> What is the Model Number so we can get a look at it. > > >> ErnieG > >--~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ > > It is probably no longer on the LaCie web pages if it is a few years > old so all I can think of is that I have seen some of these mystery > cases that required depressing the correct spot and sliding panels. > That requires the box in hand and some Mfg's info or luck. I assume > there are no obvious fasteners. so it is probably snap together > either sliding panels or depress and lift. > > If you only care about Function a Hack-Saw always works. (bitter smile) > > Good luck --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
