Fix Your Stuff Community Store

Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement

Introduction

Removing the Hard Drive.

What you need

  1. Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement, Opening PowerMac G4 M5183 Case: step 1, image 1 of 2 Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement, Opening PowerMac G4 M5183 Case: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Pull on outer latch.

    • Lower door until it is level with your work surface.

    • Before working on the computer make sure it is not plugged into a power supply, then touch a metal object. This discharges static electricity, which could damage the computer.

    Edit

  2. Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 2, image 1 of 2 Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement, Hard Drive: step 2, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the ribbon cable and power cable from the Hard Drive.

    Edit

  4. Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement: step 3, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the screw which holds the Hard Drive tray in place.

    Edit

  5. Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Slide the Hard Drive tray out of the computer.

    Edit

  6. Power Mac G4 M5183 Hard Drive Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • To remove the Hard Drive from the tray, unscrew the 4 screws on the bottom of the tray.

    Edit
Finish Line

36 other people completed this guide.

Author

with 4 other contributors

Justin Petrilli

Member since: 01/21/10

3,114 Reputation

11 Guides authored

Badges: 14

+11 more badges

Team

Cal Poly, Team 13-24, Maness Winter 2010 Member of Cal Poly, Team 13-24, Maness Winter 2010

CPSU-MANESS-W10S13G24

4 Members

25 Guides authored

0 Comments

Add Comment

View Statistics:

Past 24 Hours: 5

Past 7 Days: 17

Past 30 Days: 101

All Time: 26,601