Re: Mac Dec goodies (revised pricing)

I have a Mac Pro and adding drives is dead easy. I use Seagate 7200.10 or
7200.11 drives at the moment. I have 3 of the 4 bays filled with about 1.2
TB total and the fans just tick over. I found when I filled the 4th bay
the
fan noise increased a little. The 2 non-boot drives sleep a lot - one is
for
disk images & the other for tv shows .  Some hard drives can be a little
noisy, or set up a hum in the case. If I don't like one I use it as an
external mirror in a firewire case instead, so all internals are backed up
at least once ......

Andrew


On 15/12/07 11:02 AM, in article
postings-C58F0F.11020615122007@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 "David"
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> wrote:

> In article <1i95jwu.m0em5k1ln6n78N%rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
>  rifty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Rifty) wrote:
> 
>> 
>> Serious question.....  I have a MacPro in a big fat box which I have
>> never looked at closely except to plug things into various ****ts. It
has
>> space for 3 more internal SATA drives. If I bought one of these (and I
>> gather there are cheaper alternatives to Apple ones) how hard is it to
>> get into the box and install it? I am a real chicken at attepting to
>> open computers still under warranty but these are surely designed to be
>> opened and things dropped into spaces. Does anyone do this sort of
thing
>> routinely?
> 
> Hi Rifty
> 
> Apple often supplies instructions on how to upgrade memory for their
> gear - might be worthwhile checking the Apple site or googling for
> upgrade memory for MacPro
> 
> If found it will tell you how to open the box, and more relevently if it
> is on the Apple site then there should be no problems with your
> guarantee for opening the box
> 
> Installing HDs is a cinch 4 screws and thats it, apart from the cables.
> When you look where the other HD cables cme from you should be able to
> see if an adaptor is needed, or if there is a spare socket to plug your
> new HD into
> 
> I haven't installed any SATA drives, but have done lots of IDE drives in
> both Macs and Window boxes
> 
> cheers - and all the best for a Merry and Safe Christmas to all
> 
> David