All true about the 62xx case being a pain, though getting out the board is
pretty easy while the drives are a big pain.
But, I don't think the PowerComputing 180 desktop case is an easy case on
which to work. While it only takes a few screws to get the top off, getting
the hard drive out isn't all that simple considering how little space is
available for moving the drive in and out I found I had to pull the power
supply and move the floppy drive just to get it right. I put a Western
Digital 6.4 gig drive in mine and the jumpers settings were all goofy. They
looked like they should have worked but didn't and I had to take it out to
adjust them. Later I moved that drive to a different computer--I later put
it back--and I didn't find that at all a piece of cake.
Overall, if you have a PowerBase 180, ditch the old hard drive and put in a
newer one. It does make a bit of difference in performance. I don't have
the Norton tests I ran before and after--it was over a year ago--but there
was a nice performance increase with the faster drive.
Pete
At 02:37 PM 8/17/2001 -0800, you wrote:
>Sabrina wrote
>
> >OK, I know this is not a PowerComputing related question, but I
> >figured if anyone would know, you guys might. How do you get the
> >case off of a Performa 62xx so you can replace the hard drive???
> >
> >I have a friend on another list who has tried everything short of
> >taking plastique to it, and that case will not come off. Locked
> >tighter than Fort Knox.
> >
> >I had the same problem last year with a Performa 62xx I was upgrading
> >for a client. Got the video card in, got the Sonnett G3 card in, but
> >couldn't figure out how to get at the hard drive. I ended up putting
> >a new external SCSI drive on the thing instead.
> >
> >Any ideas, suggestions, sharing of arcane and secret knowledge is
> >much appreciated. BTW, I did check TidBITS, but couldn't find
> >anything.
>
>Another 'don't try this at home' design from Apple
>There are two slots under the front face of the computer
>Slip a flat blade screwdriver into the right slot and gently pull the
>top case slightly away from the chassis (with your second and third hand)
>Then slip the screwdriver into the left slot and do the same.
>The case will slide forward and off.
>UUUgly design....
>
>Cheers...Michael
>
>ps...that case is a good example of why god made PowerComputing clones
>
>
>
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