In my opinion, the 7300 is a relatively simple machine to work on. Open the case by depressing the two lock buttons on the front and pulling it toward you. With the case off, you'll see the hard drive(s) directly in front of you. They mount to plastic rails which slide and lock into place from the bottom. Look below the drive in the center and you'll see a plastic tab that you'll need to depress and then you can slide the drive toward you, right out of the front... Remember to take the Power and SCSI ribbons loose from the back of the drives first so you don't end up pulling on them and damaging them. If you have more than one drive, I'm assuming the top one is the primary boot disk and the bottom one is additional??? Be sure to check and see what SCSI ID's they are using and/or if you have any free if you don't plan on replacing one of the drives...
If you need to, there is a small (2" square) plastic piece towards the center of the right side of the case. Thats the "foot" if you want to swing the drive assemblies out of the way to access the Motherboard.. Just swivel the foot around so that it is facing outside the case, release the two plastic clips at the front and rear on the left side then swing the whole thing over onto the foot... (It's hinged) Cheers, Sionnach --- Murali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > I am going to replace the lower of the 2 drives in > my 7300. I would > appreciate any info on how to remove the bed or > shelf that the drives > rest on. Thanks much! m. > > > -- > PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by > <http://lowendmac.com/> and... > > Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | > Refurbished Drives | > -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | > & CDRWs on Sale! | > > Support Low End Mac > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> > > PCI-PowerMacs list info: > <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> > --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; > Send list messages to: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To unsubscribe, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > For digest mode, email: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subscription questions: > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> > > Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! > http://www.applelinks.com > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com -- PCI-PowerMacs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Sonnet & PowerLogix Upgrades - start at $169 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> PCI-PowerMacs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/pci-powermacs.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/pci-powermacs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
