[G4] INSTALLING A SUPERDRIVE

[rich northouse]

Ron,

I do have a double drive bracket on the right side -- but I already 
have two hard drives installed. I desire to install a third. There 
appears to be space on the left side (the side towards the front of the 
case) but there is no bracket. Where would a purchase a second bracket? 
  I would probably have to add a wye connector for the power.

But the other issue is, how do I install a second DVD? This issue is 
NOT connected to adding the third hard drive.
  I want to put it into the hole for the ZIP drive, which directly 
underneath the existing CD drive.

rich

On Oct 5, 2004, at 10:27 PM, Ron Steinke wrote:

> On Oct 5, 2004, at 8:02 PM, rich northouse wrote:
>
> I would also like to install a third hard drive. I have purchased a 
> Sonnet Tempo ATA 133 PCI card to support this third drive -- in 
> particular because it is a  200 gig hard drive. Can someone tell me 
> where I can mount this 3rd drive?
>
>
> According to MacTracker, your machine is capable of using up to four 
> separate 3.5" devices internally. The main drive is usually mounted in 
> the right-most position on the chassis when looking at it with the 
> rear of the case on your right.
>
> Do you have a two-drive mounting bracket under your main drive? If you 
> do, all you need is a short three-connector plug IDE ribbon to use 
> with the drives mounted one atop the other. Be sure to identify them 
> as "Master" and "Slave" to prevent identification problems.
>
> If you only have the single drive mounting brackets, you can mount the 
> second drive right next to the original drive, but you will need a 
> longer IDE ribbon to connect them.
>
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