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.

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