[SunRescue] Replacing hard drives on a Sparcstation IPX

[Mike Hebel]

Small screw - just in front of the power supply.  Undo it and the whole
center drive assembly comes out.  Then you can undo the drive itself.

Mike Hebel

> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
> >Behalf Of Tom Yarrish
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 9:59 PM
> >To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> >Subject: [SunRescue] Replacing hard drives on a Sparcstation IPX
> >
> >
> >Hey all (yes, it's me with another IPX question),
> >This one should be easy.  How the !@#$%&^* do you get the hard
> >drive out of a Sparcstation IPX (meaning the main unit with the
> >CPU)?  It's got this brace in here which prevents the drive from
> >being lifted out, and I can't see any way to get the cover off
> >to slide the damn thing out.  I want to swap the drive out with
> >a new SCSI drive I just got.
> >Also, on the same point, I have an external drive unit (Model
> >411) which I want to replace the drive on as well.  I can't
> >figure out how to open the thing up.
> >If anyone could lend some assistance, or at least tell me if
> >there's documentation on how to do this online (I've been
> >searching Google without success), I'd appreciate it.
> >
> >Thanks ahead of time,
> >Tom
> >
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