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Need to swap out SATA drives on a G5…
Help!! My usual techno-geek, savior of all that is Mac in my office, is out of the state!
I have a dual 2 GHz G5 with 2 internal hard drives. I just upgraded my system and my media drives by replacing them. The old drives are sitting comfortably unadulterated on a shelf.
I needed to archive my last project on the old system, but I was finally in between projects for the first time in ages. I didn’t have time to archive the old project and install the new system, so I picked install and decided I’d archive later…perhaps after my new SATA enclosure and card arrived.
As luck would have it, I need access to those drives NOW!! Drat!
Is there anywhere I can go for detailed instuctions on how to swap out these drives, or is it something someone can give me instructions on here? I’ve never done this before, and I don’t want to do it wrong!
As always, thanks!
debe
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So debe, did you get the Firmtek bundle???
Are you saying that you want to take your media drives offline temporarily so that you can put your old internal drives into your external enclosure temporarily to access them?
DRW
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No, the enclosure hasn’t arrived yet, hence my quandry. I need to put the old SATA drives back in the G5 where the new SATA drives are right now. I need to revert back to my old system before the upgrade, as it were. As if those new drives never existed.
My husband did the install, but he’s working a show in Palm Springs, the rotten little lucky devil!
I need to know if there’s a website that will give me step-by-step instructions on how to do this, or if it’s easy, can someone just give me them here!
Thanks!
debe
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Complete with pictures:
https://manuals.info.apple.com/en/PMG5_HD_DIY.pdf
Jeremy
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debe,
Its very simple. G5s are among the easiest computers to service. I would recommend that you look in the manual. There is a section devoted to installing the second drive. There are a few little plastic screws that slide into some special grooves in the case, and two plugs apeice, power and data, and that’s all.
DRW
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Thank-you, Jeremy!
My stand-in surrogate savior!!
As I said before, thanks!
The COW ROCKS!!
debe
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Jeremy beat me to the punch… and I didn’t mean plastic screws, i meant plastic grooves…
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Hah!! Simple is relative! Well, there’s simple, and then there’s easy…on an intellectual level, I understand the process.
However, I do not have the strength in my fingers to get the drives out. My husband confirmed that it takes quite a bit of pull from the fingertips, and since I can’t open a jar of pickles without assistance, he suspects I’d have trouble here…
We have made other arrangements, but still, thanks! Very good infomation to have handy for future reference!
debe
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debe,
Where are you located in S. Cal.??? If you’re on the westside I’ll do it for you if you transport the CPU over to me.
DRW
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Wow, thanks, David, but I’m in the midwest! That’s a long communte!
I really appreciate the offer. It turns out the client needs a 2nd copy of a master I already gave him a month ago. He just thought it would be easier if I made another master rather than having his guy hook up two DVCam decks at his office and make a copy. Now we know that the latter would be easier!
I thought it wouldn’t be that big of a deal, so I said, “sure, I just need to swap out the drives, no problem!”. when I called him back and said, “Hmmm, well, when I said it’s be no problem, I was gravely mistaken…”
Issue averted!
With my luck, though, the SATA enclosure will arrive today, two days ahead of schedule!
debe
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Wow, sorry for the typos! I usually proof-read better than that!
debe
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