- Remove the 3 screws from the bottom of the unit.
- Remove the 2 screws that are hidden underneath the Compact Flash cover.
- Keep your screws organized. The 2 top screws have a courser thread
than the 3 you removed from the bottom of the unit.
- Pry up the bottom end of the back panel with your finger nails. The
photo shows the bottom end pryed open.
- Slowly pry open one of the top end corners with your finger nails.
Be very gentle here... you do not want to have your volume button go flying.
- Remove the 2 mounting screws from the side of the hard drive. Note
that a ground wire is attached to the right screw.
- The IDE connector seems a bit fragile, so hold it steady with your
right hand and gently lift up the back of the drive a 1/4" while
pulling back and rocking left to right to allow the IDE pins to release
from the IDE connector. TAKE YOUR TIME HERE.
- There is an electric tape-like material applied to the top and bottom
of the HD. It is up to you if you want to remove this from your drive
and place it on your new drive or you could simply mimmic this with
several strips of electric tape.
- Make sure that you have the jumper set on your new drive to make it
the SLAVE. Apparently the Compact Flash slot is the MASTER. (Forgetting
to do this will cause your unit not to show up on your computer when
you plug it in).
- Carefully attach your new drive to the IDE connector and put in the
2 mounting screws. Make sure you remember to connect the ground wire.
- Replace the back cover and screws. Don't forget to place the Compact
Flash cover on the 2 posts. You can see the 2 posts in the above picture.
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