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G5 HD Screws [message #106109] Fri, 23 August 2013 13:33 Go to next message
Macg4-steve is currently offline  Macg4-steve
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Hi all,
Has anyone got four of those rubber Hard drive screws for the G5? Im after
putting in a second hard drive and just realised it has special Mac screws.

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Re: G5 HD Screws [message #106110 is a reply to message #106109] Fri, 23 August 2013 14:26 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Valter Prahlad is currently offline  Valter Prahlad
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Il giorno 23/08/13 19.33, "Macg4-steve" ha scritto:

> Has anyone got four of those rubber Hard drive screws for the G5? Im after

> putting in a second hard drive and just realised it has special Mac screws.


When I got a second-hand G5, it missed both the hard-drive and those special
screws.
Since they are pretty expensive, I just screwed four normal hard-drives
screws in the drive's sides, taking care that one of the 6 screw' side was
horizontal (they usually have hexagonal heads), and inserted the drive that
way.

The drive worked flawlessly for almost 2 years (until the G5's motherboard
had the infamous memory controller fault), thus I think you don't really
need anything more.

Of course, YMMV. The rubber screws are better for isolating the drive from
the computer vibrations but, being mine a liquid-cooled G5, vibrations (and
noise) were almost non-existing.


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Re: G5 HD Screws [message #106154 is a reply to message #106109] Fri, 23 August 2013 15:44 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Macg4-steve wrote:

> Has anyone got four of those rubber Hard drive screws for the G5? Im after putting in a second hard drive and just realised it has special Mac screws.


There's a spare set located within the G5 along the wall of the HD area. Look around, you should already have a set unless you bought this used, or lost them.

Best luck!

Kris Tilford - Topeka, Kansas

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Re: G5 HD Screws [message #106237 is a reply to message #106154] Sat, 24 August 2013 11:29 Go to previous message
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lok on the below the hdd you see some hdd screw on the hdd casing
On Aug 23, 2013, at 3:44 PM, Kris Tilford <ktilford1@cox.net> wrote:

> On Aug 23, 2013, at 12:33 PM, Macg4-steve wrote:

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>> Has anyone got four of those rubber Hard drive screws for the G5? Im after putting in a second hard drive and just realised it has special Mac screws.

>

> There's a spare set located within the G5 along the wall of the HD area. Look around, you should already have a set unless you bought this used, or lost them.

>

> Best luck!

>

> Kris Tilford - Topeka, Kansas

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