[olug] Hard Drive Addition to a Compaq Deskpro

[Don Kauffman]

Reply comments interspersed below. Don

Phil Brutsche 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)?
>>
I took it off this time.

>
>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.
>
I looked for the hinges -- no such luck!  It is a Desktop system. I took 
off the face plate and it looks like the HD  is directly under the FD 
and there may be enough room under that to insert  another HD, If that 
isn't the case, there's definitely enough room under the CD but that 
would mean jimmying up some sort of a chassis. I'd prefer to just have 
everything slide in like you said. This particular desktop chassis looks 
like it was built in  interconnecting pieces so that in order to get 
 access to one piece you have to take another one off but that means you 
have to take this piece off, ad infinitum.

The  tank analogy definitely fits.

>
>Unfortunatly, getting the drive to just slide in requires some fancy
>screws that only Compaq uses :(
>
Having poked around a little bit more I see what you mean.

>
>Oh, and that's just the two different styles of Compaq Deskpro that I've
>seen: yours may be different.
>
Like I said earlier, this is so reassuring!  :-) Just kidding.  ..

Thanks to all who responded for your help. It looks like a minor to  
middle  tear down..

>

-- 
Don Kauffman
Email: mailto:dkauffman at tconl.com
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          in a parallel universe!




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