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Mac Forum / General / Hardware / June 2006removing zip drive from a G3 -- please help!
hi, i need to remove a zip drive from a G3 powerMAC and need help. there is a plate on the zip's back end (above the connectors) with circles (holes) in it.... i think this needs to be removed? if so how? (the zip drive is below the cd-rom -- i don't want to (can't) remove the cd-rom because 1 of the screws is stuck -- any suggestions???)) is there a diagram anywhere? or could anyone please explain how and what needs to be removed to take out the zip drive (in 1 piece:) thanks! > hi, > i need to remove a zip drive from a G3 powerMAC and need help. there is [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > > thanks! Desktop or tower? The desktops usually have the devices mounted on a clip-in sled. You can press the sled latch and it allows the whole thing to slide right out. > > hi, > > i need to remove a zip drive from a G3 powerMAC and need help. there is [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > can press the sled latch and it allows the whole thing to slide right > out. thanks for answering it's a tower. i found some 'latches' towards the front. the users manual only has diagrams for drive position 3(?) on the bottom of the computer. thanks again sincerely Tanya > thanks for answering > it's a tower. [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > sincerely > Tanya Is it a G3 B&W ?. If so there are actual photos on websites if you google, of how to take it apart. On my B&W the back plate on the zip drive just pulled off, its there for electrical screening. Dave > > thanks for answering > > it's a tower. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dave hi and thank you for replying! it is a blue and white g3. the cd-rom drive's back plate pulls off but the zip's does not.... also i found a Web site with photos on installing a zip drive but now i am stuck at trying to remove the drive tray (for both the cd-rom drive and the zip drive) from the front....? do you know whether there are screws on the left side (looking at the computer from the front) of the tray / cd-rom / zip drive thanks again sincerely Tanya > hi and thank you for replying! > it is a blue and white g3. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > sincerely > Tanya You have to pull off the front bezel by pressing in the latchs just inside the front of the case, this then reveals some screws holding in the drive sleds. Undo these and the whole cd/zip assembly will slide out from the front. Dont forget to remove the cables at the rear before you slide it forward or it wont go very far <g>. Dave > > hi and thank you for replying! > > it is a blue and white g3. [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > > Dave hi Dave, thank you. i did remove the bezel and 2 screws (the only ones i saw) and i also did disconnect the cables from both... it does not slide off or move at all... sincerely, Tanya > hi Dave, > thank you. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sincerely, > Tanya Just had another look at manual as it is a while since I did this, it does mention that carriers may be hard to push forward because of EMI tape on underside of carrier. Dave > > hi Dave, > > thank you. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dave thank you Dave! there is tape which i am 'working on'........ (these computers are EXTREMELY well built) thanks again for the help i really appreciate it! sincerely Tanya > thank you Dave! > there is tape which i am 'working on'........ [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > sincerely > Tanya Yes they are!!. Good luck Tanya, assume you have the service manual now. Dave > > thank you Dave! > > there is tape which i am 'working on'........ [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > Dave i don't have the service manual yet... i had downloaded the user's manual. i cannot find the service manual anywhere? thank you, sincerely Tanya > i cannot find the service manual anywhere? > > thank you, > sincerely > Tanya DO you have broadband ? I can email it to you via attachment. Email me direct dave@klatu DOT fsnet DOT co DOT uk just remove the dots Dave > > i cannot find the service manual anywhere? > > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dave i did email you (i replaced the dots with periods) i am on dial-up but wonder how large a file it is? you can reply to the posted email (just remove the REMOVE_THIS) thanks! > i did email you (i replaced the dots with periods) i am on dial-up but > wonder how large a file it is? > you can reply to the posted email (just remove the REMOVE_THIS) > thanks! Have sent direct email Dave > do you know whether there are screws on the left side (looking at the > computer from the front) of the tray / cd-rom / zip drive > thanks again > sincerely > Tanya SoRry for 2nd post, forgot to add to other. Have you downloaded the service manual for the G3 B&W ? Its here http://www.applerepairmanuals.com/ Should help quite a bit, but its a big pdf if you are on dialup. HTH Dave > > do you know whether there are screws on the left side (looking at the > > computer from the front) of the tray / cd-rom / zip drive [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > > Dave thank you i don't have the service manual but am downloading it! sincerely Tanya > > thanks for answering > > it's a tower. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Dave hi and thank you for replying! it is a blue and white g3. the cd-rom drive's back plate pulls off but the zip's does not.... also i found a Web site with photos on installing a zip drive but now i am stuck at trying to remove the drive tray (for both the cd-rom drive and the zip drive) from the front....? do you know whether there are screws on the left side (looking at the computer from the front) of the tray / cd-rom / zip drive thanks again sincerely Tanya >hi, >i need to remove a zip drive from a G3 powerMAC and need help. there is [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >is there a diagram anywhere? or could anyone please explain how and what >needs to be removed to take out the zip drive (in 1 piece:) You really should fix your keyboard first. Open the side access. Push the two long flaps beside the cdrom and zip drives outwards. Lift off the face plates in front of the drives. Remove the screws. The rest is obvious. >thanks! 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