Installing a hard drive on a MDD

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mattyjmattyj
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in Genius Bar edited January 2014
Hi,

I have a Dual 1Ghz DDR mac, my sister just recently has got a new mac for work and so she doesn't need an external hard drive anymore. I am hoping if it is possible to install this hardrive, I have taken it out of its case, and wish to put it in my powermac.



The hard drive is a:

Maxtor Diamond Max 60 7200rpm 20.4GB



Jumper J50 Mastr/Single On Slave off



The hard drive also has its back off, revealing the circuit board. I have been careful not to touch it, but will this effect anything? The hard drive was like this in the external case, so it should be ok?...



Any help will be much appreciated.

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  • Reply 1 of 7
    gspottergspotter Posts: 342member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mattyj

    The hard drive also has its back off, revealing the circuit board.



    This is normal. You should switch the Jumper to "Cable Select". In the Mac manual, there are instructions how to install the drive, IIRC. Installing is a matter of minutes: Open case, remove one of the two drive cages (back - vertical or lower front - horizontal), place HD, tighten screws, put drive cage back, add power and data cable, close door, start computer.
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  • Reply 2 of 7
    mattyjmattyj Posts: 898member
    How do I switch the jumper to cable select? I geuss you mean the jumper J50?



    Thanks
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  • Reply 3 of 7
    dobbydobby Posts: 797member
    Your jumper panel should look like this :::.:

    J50 is the left most jumper. Move the jumper the next one along (second to left most jumper) and thats cable select.





    Dobby.
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  • Reply 4 of 7
    rokrok Posts: 3,519member
    by the way, i will post something that folks on xlr8yourmac mentioned, and i am glad they did... apple leaves out of their instructions one very important fact when you are removing the back hard drive cage. there is a single screw holding the top part of the cage in place. apple's instructions only tell you to lift up on a plastic tab to release the cage.



    be VERY careful removing this screw. in fact, i would label this as a serious design flaw, because as soon as the screw is loosened, it WILL fall down INTO the drive cage beneath your installed hard drive, and has the potential to damage the drive already in there as it rattles around the circuitry. i am hesitant to use magnetic tip screwdrivers, as any magnetics in my computer case worry me in terms of data loss.



    the only thing i can think to prevent all this from happening is either a.) live with dropping the screw into the drive cage and CAREFULLY get it to drop back out (i did this, and everything seems okay so far), or b.) lay a towel down on the desk, and lay the tower on its non-door side down. then lift the door open and straight up. you will probably require someone to hold it open while you remove the cage. make sure to wear a static wrist strap during the procedure. your assistant shouldn't need to, as they will only be holding the door open by its plastic latch.



    anyway, i thought someone should bring up this glaring ommission in apple's dcumentation before something got damaged.



    and yes, the drive should be in "cable select" for recent MDD g4's.
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  • Reply 5 of 7
    gspottergspotter Posts: 342member
    Quote:

    Originally posted by mattyj

    How do I switch the jumper to cable select? I geuss you mean the jumper J50?



    You might check the Maxtor FAQ on jumper settings
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  • Reply 6 of 7
    mattyjmattyj Posts: 898member
    Thanks for all the help guys, I'll let you know how it gets on.
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  • Reply 7 of 7
    mattyjmattyj Posts: 898member
    Just to let you know guys, it went great, it's in my mac now and I'm loving it. Thanks for the help, and particulary for the jumper settings and for the bit about the screw at the top, that proved invaluable.



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