[olug] Hard Drive Addition to a Compaq Deskpro

[Don E. Kauffman]

Thanks, Phil! That's so reassuring!! :-) 

It is a desktop and, yes. it is built like tank. both inside and out. I'll 
see if I can locate the hinges for the drive chassis.

On Tuesday 16 April 2002 01:58 pm, you wrote:
> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
>
> > I have Linux running on  a Compaq Deskpro PII/III that has a 3 gig HD. 3
> > gig is barely adequate for my needs. I've looked at it and can't quite
> > figure out how to add a hard drive into the system. Does anyone have
> > experience with this type of setup?
>
> I have some experience these things - the minitowers are fairly
> well-built, but the desktop units are a little funky.
>
> They're all built like tanks :)
>
> > If so, can you give me a clue as to where to look?  The HD chassis seems
> > to be down under the CD or the FD. Is there a front panel opening (I
> > didn't take the face plate off-- at the time I didn't think about it)?
>
> How you put the hard drive in depends on the form factor of the enclosure.
>
> On minitowers the whole front faceplate comes off (once you take the side
> panel off, of course), but on the desktops you take off the cover and the
> *entire drive assembly* tilts forward on some hinges.
>
> Either way, once you have access to the bay the drive litteraly just
> slides in.
>
> Unfortunatly, getting the drive to just slide in requires some fancy
> screws that only Compaq uses :(
>
> Oh, and that's just the two different styles of Compaq Deskpro that I've
> seen: yours may be different.

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