[iBook] Hard Drive for G3 iBook dual usb

B G briang113 at pacbell.net
Sun Nov 25 23:33:43 PST 2007


oops


    http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Mac/iBook-G3-12-Inch/HD-Replacement/50/13/


BG
On Nov 21, 2007, at 3:00 PM, B G wrote:

> 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?
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