On Jan 21, 2009, at 1:45 PM, Steve R wrote:
> > At 12:06 PM -0600 1/21/09, Kris Tilford posted: >> On Jan 21, 2009, at 8:50 AM, Steve R wrote: >> >>> When the G5 shipped, it had one drive installed in the upper >>> bay. Is >>> there any reason to have a one-drive G5 using that upper bay, or >>> can >>> I re/install one-drive in the lower easier-to-access bay? >> >> Easier access? What are you doing that you need to "access" this HD? >> When you unplug the cables it twist the lock, it should easily slide >> downward and out? > > The upper bay is harder to get the drive out. The G5 is being lent > out to a switcher who is constantly bringing her PC that she uses now > to the neighbour to fix. Since I don't want her lugging my entire > tower up and down stairs, in and out of cars, I plan on telling her > to bring only the hard drive when she needs work done. The easiest > drive bay is the lower one. Apple ships with one drive, in the upper > bay. Thus the question, is there any reason to have the one drive in > the upper bay, or can it be reinstalled in the lower easier-to-access > bay? > > Steve R > I can think of no possible reason to avoid using the lower bay. [Yeah! Cable select, and you might get the WRONG connector on the HD ---- BUT if it's just a single HD setup, Apple's are smart enough to ignore that and just go ahead and operate.] Chuck D. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
