The drive is on a sled which slides downward and locks onto 3 pins on the case. There is a clutchplate on the left of the sled. Pull that toward you and push the entire sled upward. The whole drive jumps out quite suprisingly.
Geoff b On 11 Aug 2009, at 3:41 AM, Fabian Fang wrote: > > On Aug 10, 2009, at 5:53 PM, Bryan Roth wrote: > >> OK, this is probably a really stupid question, but I just bought an >> old G4 tower (450 Mhz), and I was wondering how one removes the HD? >> (I actually bought two...one of which is the "good" one--but has no >> HD--the other one has a HD, but is otherwise inferior). I want to >> take the HD out of the one and install it in the other. I can't seem >> to see how the original factory-installed HD is fastened into the >> case--does it require a special tool to remove? > > > Here are Apple's CIP instructions with illustrations: > <http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1815> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 g3-5-list@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to g3-5-list-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
