Hack the lower bay of a Quicksilver for 5.25" drive-there has to be a way

tigerwoods99tigerwoods99
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in Current Mac Hardware edited January 2014
I've always felt that it could be done, now I want to try it. Looking inside looks like there is adequate room to make the lower bay accommodate a full size drive. So why have I never seen this done? I've never seen it on xlr8yourmac.com before and I'm actually surprised. While talking to my friend who loves Macs, I mentioned how I wished I could have 2 drives in my tower. He said that he knows of people who have actually done this to their G4s, but it requires the use of a blow torch. Is it a really difficult mod? Has anyone here ever tried this or wants to? I think I could pull it off, the only thing is how I would get it to eject.



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  • Reply 1 of 6
    spartspart Posts: 2,060member
    Two Words: Duct Tape.



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  • Reply 2 of 6
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    Haha. Yeah.
  • Reply 3 of 6
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Blow torch? Pfft. A dremel tool will work fine. That and some duct tape. Lots of duct tape. Duct tape owns.
  • Reply 4 of 6
    mgossettmgossett Posts: 85member
    Yeah I'd be worried about using a blow torch near my computer. A dremel tool should be just fine.



    -Mike
  • Reply 5 of 6
    darren smithdarren smith Posts: 26member
    Check out <a href="http://www.quinnmacdonald.com/g4/index.html"; target="_blank">this article</a> that I found linked to xlr8yourmac.
  • Reply 6 of 6
    tigerwoods99tigerwoods99 Posts: 2,633member
    This looks easy....why the heck aren't more people doing this?
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