Thanks for any advice (besides not trying to do this at home or letting a certified Mac tech do the job next time -)). Also don't recall disconnecting it as part of the instructions. Does that sound right, or might the whole mechanism not be fitted properly from the reassembly? I didn't need to remove the optical drive to do the HD replacement, and don't recall that any screws I removed/replaced were holding the optical drive.
I think the center spindle, head or whatever it is called may be locked as if there were a disc inserted. The optical drive was empty when I started the disassembly. If you wish conclusively to test the state of the present hard drive in the PB, then Disk Warrior will do a better job.
#MAC POWERBOOK G4 HARD DRIVE IFIXIT HOW TO#
The center area had an obstruction, although the sides seemed clear. There are videos on YouTube to show how to remove a hard drive from a Powerbook also iFixit: Apple Mac, MacBook, iPod, and iPhone Repair Parts has detailed instructions. I need to get a couple of items of that hard drive. However my hard drive still seems to be working. But I was physically unable to insert the disc into the slot. My powerbook G4 DVI's logic board jsut took a turn for the worse. Storage info for each PowerBook G4 details on speed, dimensions, and hard drive and SSD interface specifics is listed below along with common identifiers suitable to identify a PowerBook G4 in order to determine which hard drives and SSDs are compatible.
#MAC POWERBOOK G4 HARD DRIVE IFIXIT INSTALL#
Install a second hard drive in your optical drive bay. Next try was to reboot with the OS install DVD in the optical drive. Mac Specs > By Capability > Mac Storage Upgrades > PowerBook G4 Models. Parts that work with PowerBook G4 Titanium DVI Model A1001: 12.7 mm PATA Optical Bay PATA Hard Drive Enclosure. Am I right about that, or did I need to start with an OS install DVD in the optical drive? I don't believe there was any step in the upgrade process where I was messing with the display connector.
The more advanced Aluminum models replaced the Titanium cases and added Airport Extreme and Bluetooth capabilities. The new HD needed to be formatted and the OS installed, but I expected to see some sort of prompt. The PowerBook G4 series was Apples workhorse portable for five years, with slim metal cases and fixed internal components (no more battery/drive bays).
When I rebooted, optical drive and hard drive seemed to be making all the rights sounds, but nothing came up on the screen. Felt pretty confident about having followed instructions to the letter (no guessing about replacing screws, no forcing to close it back up, etc.). I followed the iFixit guide to upgrade the hard drive in my 12" 800 mHz G4 iBook ( iFixit: Do-it-yourself Mac & iPod Repair.
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