Let us know how it pans out. I have one of those which still wakes up when the computer does, but I guess the time will come when it won't.
Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ On Tue, 23 Mar 2010 22:51 -0500, "Stan Halpin" <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rob. Mine is a bit different from the couple on the site site you > pointed to, and the others linked to that, but it did confirm my > suspicion that WD hides their catches/screws/etc. under labels, rubber > feet, etc. With that and a bit of judicious force I have the outter case > off. I'll deal with the rest tomorrow. > > stan > > On Mar 23, 2010, at 10:26 PM, Rob Studdert wrote: > > > On 24/03/2010, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Questions: > >> Do I assume that the drive interface within the case is eSATA? > >> Does anyone have a clue how to open one of these beasties? I have a power > >> saw but am not sure where to start cutting. Seriously, there are no screw > >> heads etc. visible to me. > > > > Hi Stan, > > > > SATA or PATA (standard old parallel IDE) depending on the age I would > > expect. I haven't opened one yet but I expect that it's glued > > together, not the type of thing you'd generally consider attempting to > > repair ;-) > > > > A starting point perhaps: > > > > http://carltonbale.com/western-digital-my-book-opening-the-case-removing-the-drive > > > > Cheers, > > > > -- > > Rob Studdert (Digital Image Studio) > > Tel: +61-418-166-870 UTC +10 Hours > > Gmail, eBay, Skype, Twitter, Facebook, Picasa: distudio > > > > -- > > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > > [email protected] > > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
