Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 06:15:42 -0600 (GMT) From: Sean Welch <welchsm@earthlink.net> To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Subject: Got these questions about the hard drive upgrade Message-ID: <5071645.1046096142983.JavaMail.nobody@misspiggy.psp.pas.earthlink.net>
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The iBook I bought had a 3GB drive in it. With the exception of
the sticker nothing is special about it. Like any other laptop
drive it has a standard interface. There is an adapter to mate
it with the motherboard, but if you already have an installed
drive this is not an issue (I use a small flatblade screwdriver
to pry the adapter off when working with these things). I'm not
aware of any capacity restraints imposed by OpenFirmware, but
you might want to check on that. The fellow who put up the
pictures in that link I posted put a 20GB into his wife's iBook.
I just used the original 10GB from my Dell Inspiron 8000
(upgraded to a 40GB over the summer). Notice that the drive will
only attach at a maximum of ATA-4 (UDMA-66). The only physical
restraint is that the drive must be a 9.5 millimeter height --
12mm won't fit.
Use the pictures in the link -- they help quite a bit. Work
slowly and label all your screws; most are different sizes and
there are quite a number of them. All the external ones are
torx (that star shaped interface), but everything inside is
either phillips or a hex post. I don't recall the size of the
nut driver I used (just tried until one fit -- sorry) but I do
remember it was metric.
The lowermost screw (looking at the motherboard as you'd be
typing over it) holding in the cd is a hex post and so are
the three holding in the hard drive carrier.
Pay attention to the last photo on that site before you attempt
to put the lcd assembly back on!
A good site to look for hard drives is googlegear.com -- good
luck!
Sean
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>I would like to try this, 6Gb is not enough space any more.
>
>can I ask you where did you buy your hard drive and if it was of a
>special type, special connectors?, do you know if it is possible to use
>just any laptop hard drive?
>
>www.simpletech.com
>sells hard drives for iBook (they say), they make
>you believe that the hard drive needs a special connector or adapter,
>but I have seen that sometimes that is just a trick to sell at a higher
>price.
>
>thanks a lot for your help
>
>Follet
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