[DuoList] Which hard drive for a PowerBook 2400

[Rob Johnstone]

Hey Ralph,

Thanks for the information. The movie would be great if you can send?

Cheers,
Rob
On 11/04/2007, at 12:08 PM, Ralph Mawyer wrote:

> 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.
> San Antonio, Texas
>
> PB2400c/G3-320/112MB/80MB HD/Yu-Plan Keyboard
> mac2400 http://www.sarofax.com/mac2400/index2.html
> Your PowerBook 2400 Reference Site
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