Here is a link with detailed instructions and pics. I have never done it myself. I was tempted but decided to upgrade my g3 to g4 instead. BG On Nov 21, 2007, at 12:53 PM, Jeremy Hendrix wrote: > I have an old G3 iBook that I bought used a few years ago. It's > worked fine until recently. After many hours spent diagnosing and > troubleshooting, I finally determined that the hard drive had acquired > too many bad sectors to continue to work reliably. As an interim fix, > I installed SuSE linux to a thumb drive and have been booting from > that...its a workabe solution, but given that we're talking USB 1.1 > its incredibly slow. Can anyone point me to: > -- the specs (i.e. model) of a replacement hard drive AND > -- some sort of how-to on getting into the case without completely > demolishing it? > _______________________________________________ > iBook mailing list > iBook at listserver.themacintoshguy.com > http://listserver.themacintoshguy.com/mailman/listinfo/ibook