[G4] Help! Removing Original Hard Drive from Sawtooth

[Philip J Robar]

On Apr 14, 2005, at 11:16 AM, shopdog wrote:

> I discovered that the 20GB drive was not secured to the bracket by  
> screws, but yet would not budge when I tried to remove it.  I  
> didn't want to pull on it too much.  Is it held in place by  
> adhesive, another screw, or is it just a little tight?  Please  
> advise me as to whether I can just pull harder to get the drive  
> out, or if there's something else I should do.

I have a Sawtooth. The bottom drive is screwed to the drive tray from  
the bottom. To change it you need to pull the IDE cable, you'll then  
see a single screw that secures the tray to the case. Remove that  
screw and the tray and drive will slide out.


> Secondly, the new drive does not have jumpers that are accessible.   
> The area where the jumpers appear on my other 120GB drive (between  
> the power cable connector and the ribbon cable connector) is  
> covered on the new 120GB drive.  Does the drive not need jumpers,  
> or do I need to open it up to access them?

Didn't you get documentation with the drive? If not, check the  
manufacturer's web site.


Phil