[SunRescue] Replacing hard drives on a Sparcstation IPX

Mike Hebel druaga at pmail.net
Wed Oct 18 09:27:52 CDT 2000


There was an earlier thread on it.  Is it's a 411 box you need to stick a
paperclip into two holes, one on each side of the box, about an inch from
the back.  There's an internal clip which holds the lid down.

I think we need to post some pictures of that somewhere.

Mike Hebel

-----Original Message-----
From: rescue-admin at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-admin at sunhelp.org]On
Behalf Of Tom Yarrish
Sent: Wednesday, October 18, 2000 8:59 AM
To: rescue at sunhelp.org
Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Replacing hard drives on a Sparcstation IPX


Thanks, any ideas for the external drive?  I can't figure out how to get the
plastic case off of that.  It looks like it should lift up, but I can't
figure out how to get it to do that (without breaking the case that is).

Tom
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Hebel" <Druaga at pmail.net>
To: <rescue at sunhelp.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 17, 2000 10:16 PM
Subject: RE: [SunRescue] Replacing hard drives on a Sparcstation IPX


> 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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