[DuoList] Which hard drive for a PowerBook 2400

[Rob Johnstone]

Hey Josh,

Thanks for the advice - very much appreciated. I'll let you know how  
I go :)

Cheers and thanks,
Rob
On 10/04/2007, at 5:10 PM, Josh Keady wrote:

> Nope, I tried a large ATA-6 hard drive in my 2400 and it absolutely  
> refused to see it.  I ended up getting a 6 gig Travelstar and it  
> works just fine.
>
> As far as an installation guide goes, don't have that either but  
> you do have to take a lot of the machine apart to get at the  
> drive.  A good thing to do when you first take a PowerBook apart is  
> to take a piece of paper and assume its perimeter is the perimeter  
> of the base of the PowerBook.  Then as you remove screws, mark  
> their locations on the paper.  Or if you know the names of  
> components, you can just make a list of the lengths of screws and  
> through what components / general locations they attach.  The big  
> thing is making sure you get all of the long screws through the  
> boards in to the chassis.  Some long screws will fit where short  
> ones are supposed to go, but most/no short screws will fit where  
> long screws are supposed to go.
>
> Just go really slowly and watch that you don't yank the ribbon  
> cables, you should be fine.
>
> Josh
>
> On Apr 9, 2007, at 4:37 PM, Rob Johnstone wrote:
>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> I haven't worked out how to search old postings to the list - is  
>> it possible?
>>
>> What I'm interested in is a new hard drive for my PowerBook - it  
>> hasn't arrived yet but I'm in planning mode. Anyway, when I  
>> checked hard drives on OWC, they come up with ATA/6 options - but  
>> LowEndMac warns that the drive controller in pre-G4 PowerBooks is  
>> incompatible with ATA-6 hard drives. Is ATA/6 OK?
>>
>> Anyone have installation guides?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Rob
>
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