makmac on 5/7/02 10:16 PM wrote: > JustinLee on 5/7/02 11:00 AM wrote: > >> That actually made me happy. I can have a quieter drive in this thing! >> WOOHOO! I'm looking at the 40GN models at OWC. I may just go for the 30GB >> and use the noisy one I have now as a backup drive in an external firewire >> case. > > FYI, I just ordered one (a 40GB, 40GN) from newegg.com for $145. > <http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?description=22-146-008> > > -makmac
Just thought I would post the progress of my drive update. The new drive is very quiet! After installing OSX and restarting, I thought it had hung during initial boot-up. I had to put my ear up to the iBook to see if it was doing anything. I could barely hear the drive accessing and this was in a rather quiet room with minimal ambient noise. It was still going through boot up so it hadn't locked up. It's much easier to hear it writing to the drive but still quieter than the original Toshiba 10GIG it replaced and no more listening to that annoying clickity-clack noise that Toshiba drives make (although since I put it in an external FireWire case I suppose I'll still be listening to it). A word of warning though. I've opened up every model of PowerBook (many times) prior to the iBook & TiBook and I have to say this was the most difficult one I've ever worked on. It took me 3 hours to swap the drive and it was a bit nerve wracking worrying that I was going to break plastic. No wonder Apple won't let anyone besides their service center in Texas mess with them. Don't do this yourself unless you've spent lots of time "under the hood" of a PowerBook and even then think twice about it. BTW, if anyone saw the MacAddict article on installing a drive in the Dual USB iBook, it's not entirely accurate. They forgot to mention several screw locations that you need to remove. Thankfully I had also reviewed the procedure in a service manual so I knew to look for the screws. Anyhow, it's happily chugging away and I'm finally ready to leap head first into OSX. I've made a 30GB UNIX partition for that, and the remainder (just under 8GB) is for OS9 and the content of my original drive. -makmac -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
