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  • Now, push this tab down, and pull the cage towared you.

  • Now, you can set cage 1 aside.

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  • Cage 2:

  • Remove this Phillips screw:

  • Disconnect this IDE ribbon cable from the logic board.

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  • It's likely that there is a cable clip holding the ribbon cable to the case.

  • To remove it, push the end, and it should pop up.

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  • With the clip free, pull on this tab, lift the cage up, until it clicks, and pull it away.

  • Now, set the cage on top of the CPU, and remove the power connectors.

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  • Once the cables are free, set the drive cage aside.

  • To remove the hard drives from the cages, remove the four screws on the sides of the cage that are connected to the drives, than slide the drives out.

  • The two cages are cross compatible and can be put in either rack.

  • The MDD does not have a 128GB drive limit like older macs, My MDD has 3 Drives (A 400GB Hitatchi Deskstar, 40GB Seagate Baracuda 7200.7, and a 30GB Quantum Fireball LCT).

  • Note the ID jumpers on the two drive set. One is set to Master, the other to slave. A single drive can be set to Cable Select.

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  • Start removing the optical drive cage by removing the back cover.

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  • Now, remove the IDE and power cables.

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  • Remove these two Phillips screws:

  • Now, pull the cage away from the front until it is free.

  • Now, lift the cage out.

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