[DuoList] Which hard drive for a PowerBook 2400

[Ralph Mawyer]

Rob, you can search the DuoList archives here:
http://www.mail-archive.com/duolist%40lists.themacintoshguy.com/

You can also find some disassembly instructions here:
http://www.sarofax.com/mac2400/... Hardware:Upgrades

The CPU upgrade movie link is broken, but I have it if you really  
want it. (39MB) You have to go deeper for the harddrive upgrade.

Another useful tip is to take a piece of tape and place the screws on  
it in the order of disassembly.

Cheers...



On Apr 10, 2007, at 4:22 AM, Rob Johnstone wrote:

> 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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Ralph Mawyer, Jr.
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