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Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

8

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes

Sections

3

  • External Casing
  • 5 steps
  • Internal Drive Component
  • 2 steps
  • SCSI Connections
  • 1 step

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              External Casing
  • Pry all four of the plastic feet off the bottom of the enclosure using the iPod opening tool.

Pry all four of the plastic feet off the bottom of the enclosure using the iPod opening tool.

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Step 2

  • Unscrew the four screws previously covered by the feet with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Unscrew the four screws previously covered by the feet with a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

Step 3

  • Flip the device right side up.
  • Gently slide the casing upwards and off the hard drive.

Flip the device right side up.

Gently slide the casing upwards and off the hard drive.

Step 4

  • Flip device upside down again.
  • Gently pry the bottom gray casing away from the device.

Flip device upside down again.

Gently pry the bottom gray casing away from the device.

Step 5

  • Rotate so the back of the device is facing you.
  • Gently pry the back casing away.
  • When the back casing is removed, the fan will become loose.

Rotate so the back of the device is facing you.

Gently pry the back casing away.

When the back casing is removed, the fan will become loose.

Step 6

              Internal Drive Component
  • Flip so device is upside down.
  • Remove 4 screws with Phillips #1 screw driver.
  • Be sure to save the washers that seperate the screws from the baseplate for reassembly.

Flip so device is upside down.

Remove 4 screws with Phillips #1 screw driver.

Be sure to save the washers that seperate the screws from the baseplate for reassembly.

Step 7

  • Slide the internal drive component away from the back of the device.
  • Remove the connections from the back of the internal component in the order of your choosing, we suggest left to right. The connections are:
  • Audio Connection
  • SCSI ID
  • Terminate On
  • SCSI Connection
  • DC Input (power)

Slide the internal drive component away from the back of the device.

Remove the connections from the back of the internal component in the order of your choosing, we suggest left to right. The connections are:

Audio Connection

SCSI ID

Terminate On

SCSI Connection

DC Input (power)

Step 8

              SCSI Connections
  • Remove the four Phillips #1 Screws from back panel.
  • Once the screws are removed, the two connections are easily removed from the body.

Remove the four Phillips #1 Screws from back panel.

Once the screws are removed, the two connections are easily removed from the body.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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